From The Chicago Bureau on 1/14/14:
The 2013 annual report from the Inspector General for Chicago Public Schools , released earlier this month, revealed a number of stunning cases of funds misuse, fraud and faked school enrollment data, as well as a significant embezzlement scheme from a former high school technology coordinator and numerous counts of alleged theft or improper reimbursement perpetrated by CPS employees.
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In a separate finding, the report alleged a former high school technology named Roberto Tirado was found to have embezzled nearly $420,000 from CPS in an elaborate, decade-long fraudulent billing system. Between 2001 and 2011, Tirado allegedly created a number of fictitious vendors and caused a total of $419,748 in payments to those vendors, pocketing much of the money.
According to the Chicago Tribune, Tirado, then 36, resigned in 2011 as the investigation drew nearer. He reportedly withdrew $70,000 from his personal account and told his wife he was going to California to visit one of the vendors, but was found dead in a hotel in Tijuana, Mexico in January 2012. Despite the mysterious context, Inspector General Jim Sullivan said there were no signs of foul play.
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Read the whole article here.
More on the Tirado embezzlement story here.
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