Florida A&M College athletic director Angela Suggs was arrested Monday on fraud and theft expenses for allegedly utilizing a company bank card for private use totaling greater than $24,000 at her former job.
Suggs, 55, turned herself in and was booked on the Leon County Jail. She was later launched on a $13,500 bond.
She was charged with two felonies: grand theft and scheme to defraud. She was additionally charged with 4 misdemeanor counts of false claims on journey vouchers.
The Florida Division of Legislation Enforcement stated Suggs made wire transfers, money withdrawals and private purchases at casinos throughout enterprise journeys whereas CEO of the Florida Sports activities Basis.
The investigation started final November after the FDLE acquired a prison referral from the Florida Division of Commerce’s Inspector Common, which audited Suggs’ enterprise bank card purchases and corresponding journey reimbursements on the FSF. The FSF is a direct-support group working below the Florida Division of Commerce.
The audit revealed that Suggs falsified journey vouchers by coding the unauthorized expenses as meals, in line with the FDLE. When requested concerning the unauthorized expenses, Suggs claimed some have been for enterprise meals and others have been by accident charged to the enterprise card. She failed to totally repay FSF for her private expenditures, the FDLE stated.
FAMU Interim President Timothy Beard stated in an announcement that the college is conscious of the allegations linked to her work with a “former employer.”
“Whereas the matter is unrelated to her duties as an worker at FAMU, we’re monitoring the state of affairs and can reply sooner or later as applicable,” Beard stated.
There was no legal professional listed in jail data for Suggs, who in April employed 1993 Heisman Trophy winner Charlie Ward as the college’s males’s basketball coach.
Reporting by The Related Press.
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