Post by Logan on May 4, 2016 21:54:26 GMT -6
University of Kentucky employee fired for allegedly defrauding school of $224,000
University of Kentucky officials have accused a former employee of defrauding the school of more than $220,000 since 2011.
Steven Ellis, a former business manager in the physics and astronomy department, was suspended last spring and was fired in September, according to a report released Tuesday to the UK Board of Trustees. UK officials said he sold more than $137,000 of UK equipment on eBay and misappropriated $87,000 in royalty revenues.
The university has turned over the results of a yearlong investigation of Ellis to the U.S. Attorney’s office.
Lexington attorney Fred Peters, who is representing Ellis, declined to comment on the case. A spokesman for the U.S. Attorney’s office said he could neither confirm nor deny an investigation.
Read more here: www.kentucky.com/news/local/education/article75282757.html
University of Kentucky officials have accused a former employee of defrauding the school of more than $220,000 since 2011.
Steven Ellis, a former business manager in the physics and astronomy department, was suspended last spring and was fired in September, according to a report released Tuesday to the UK Board of Trustees. UK officials said he sold more than $137,000 of UK equipment on eBay and misappropriated $87,000 in royalty revenues.
The university has turned over the results of a yearlong investigation of Ellis to the U.S. Attorney’s office.
Lexington attorney Fred Peters, who is representing Ellis, declined to comment on the case. A spokesman for the U.S. Attorney’s office said he could neither confirm nor deny an investigation.
Read more here: www.kentucky.com/news/local/education/article75282757.html