Former Radio One/Indiana controller, Denise Redding, has filed a civil lawsuit alleging she was fired because of her race and because she refused to sign off on questionable financial statements, reports the Indiana Business Journal.

Redding, who was employed from 2002 to 2006, claims she was fired three months after she reported to Radio One officials that she would not sign off on the company’s financial statements because she could not certify that they were valid and accurate.

In the lawsuit Redding says that she believed Radio One’s local general manager, Chuck Williams, had inflated revenue reports resulting in first-quarter revenue that was not accurately reported. Her review of the company’s financial records convinced her Williams “may have committed payola violations and actionable fraud.”

Redding also says Williams, “accorded more favorable treatment to similarly situated employees who are male and/or non-African-American,” the Indiana Business Journal writes. She is seeking at least $82,000 in back pay, plus damages for lost benefits and emotional distress.

Radio One, with 60 stations in 19 markets, is the nation’s seventh-largest radio broadcasting company and the largest radio broadcasting company that primarily targets black and urban listeners.

[Indiana Business Journal]