First the double dipping couple; now this guy (still proudly claimed by his robbee), who seems to have stolen from the school this way and that way and this way and that way. And this way.
Kangari got reimbursed for more than $10,000 worth of trips to Las Vegas and Los Angeles where he and his family visited tourist attractions. The auditor called them “thinly veiled family vacations with no verifiable business purpose.” … “[I]nappropriate purchases” on his P-card [included] nearly $1,000 worth of textbooks, which matched his daughter’s class schedule, sent to him via email. He also bought nearly $4,000 worth of electronics, including a pink iPod Shuffle…. [According to school auditors,] “he was not even present at some of the events for which he requested reimbursement.” At some he said he sent his wife in his place. The audit also said Kangari falsified timesheets for an employee, costing the school an additional $1,800.
Gevalt.
June 4th, 2011 at 9:21AM
Don’t they require receipts for purchases made with the university’s credit card?
June 4th, 2011 at 9:44AM
The article doesn’t make that clear. They might have required them but not checked. They might not have required them.
June 4th, 2011 at 5:11PM
To be fair, it is sometimes a tad difficult to check whether some business trip is legitimate, or was for entertainment (nobody’s there to check whether you’re attending the conference or doing tourism).
I’m however at a loss how purchasing goods such as an iPod can go undetected.