WHAT A HEEL: Former School Employee Allegedly Embezzles Sports Funds
Prosecutors accuse Susan Thanh Litwin of embezzling $279,000 from Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Fairfax County (VA) to bankroll a gambling habit and to pay her mortgage and credit card bills. Litwin, 37, who handled federal funds and donations from parents to support student athletics, clubs and other school activities, allegedly began stealing the money in March 2008, reports The Washington Post:
Prosecutors said she wrote checks to herself and also deposited funds into school accounts and then withdrew the money. The checks and withdrawals ranged from $2,500 to $35,000, prosecutors said. …
Paul Regnier, a spokesman for Fairfax schools, would not comment on the allegations but said the district will reexamine its procedures for overseeing money collected by employees.
Comments