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It was supposed to be a safeguard, a ten-thousand-dollar line in the sand to keep public spending in check. But in the unfolding Mira Millions scandal, that very limit is now raising serious red flags. Investigators reviewing hundreds of invoices tied to the Ministry of Defense have found a pattern that is hard to ignore: payment after payment landing just under the amount that would have triggered tougher scrutiny. Was it coincidence, outdated policy, or a deliberate attempt to dodge oversight? Tonight, as government ministers float the idea of raising the threshold, the bigger question is whether the problem is the rule itself or the way it was used. News Five’s Paul Lopez takes a closer look at how a procurement safeguard became a central issue in one of the biggest spending controversies in recent memory.