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The Universities of Florida Must Have a Special Position…

… for Dean in Charge of Placing Thieving Professors on Leave With Pay. It has so many of them.

USF has only just gotten rid of the bicycle thief professor; now at UF there’s the NASA funds thief professor.

The FBI searched the offices of a University of Florida scientist Wednesday who is accused along with his family of taking “hundreds of thousands of dollars of illegally obtained government funds” from the nation’s space agency.

Court documents filed by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Tallahassee describe a criminal and civil investigation into “fraudulent” invoices that resulted in funneling hundreds of thousands of dollars to professor Samim Anghaie, 59, his wife, Sousan, 54, and their two adult sons.

Federal officials would not talk about the details of their investigation, which UF reacted to by placing Anghaie on leave with pay. He could not be reached for comment.

Also working the case are agents of NASA’s Office of Inspector General.

Perhaps the university system should consider building a holding pen on one of its campuses.

Margaret Soltan, February 26, 2009 12:37AM
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4 Responses to “The Universities of Florida Must Have a Special Position…”

  1. Sherman Dorn Says:

    I know we’re only three hours’ apart by car, but UF != USF. It’s MY institution with the bike thief. It’s the University of Florida with the alleged NASA funds thief.

  2. theprofessor Says:

    The flagships even get the best criminals.

  3. Peter Says:

    Sherman’s right. I’ll own the NASA thief–at least we’re stealing from the gubmint. The prof who stole the bike–from a grad student!–was at USF.

  4. Margaret Soltan Says:

    Thanks for the correction. Now that I’m back from my Extreme Seasickness adventure, I’ll fix it.

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