{"id":70641,"date":"2020-09-19T00:53:44","date_gmt":"2020-09-18T21:53:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/suny-empire-facilities-director-busted-in-31k-school-theft\/"},"modified":"2020-09-19T00:53:44","modified_gmt":"2020-09-18T21:53:44","slug":"suny-empire-facilities-director-busted-in-31k-school-theft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/suny-empire-facilities-director-busted-in-31k-school-theft\/","title":{"rendered":"#SUNY Empire facilities director busted in $31K school theft"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#SUNY Empire facilities director busted in $31K school theft<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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\n This college honcho provided the wrong lesson for students.<\/p>\n

The facilities director of SUNY Empire College was busted Friday for allegedly stealing more than $31,999 through 171 unauthorized purchases on a school credit card that included Seiko watches, a high end purifier, power tools, kitchen app<\/a>liances, truck and jeep parts, a lawnmower, snow-blower, leaf-blower and ski gloves, authorities said.<\/p>\n

Erik K. \u201cRick\u201d Reimann, 51, of Saratoga Springs, was arrested and arraigned in Saratoga Springs City Court on 44 counts of Criminal Possession of a Forged Instrument in the Second Degree (D Felony), 40 counts of Offering a False Instrument for Filing in the First Degree (E Felony) and Grand Larceny in the Third Degree (D Felony).<\/p>\n

\u201cThis individual abused his position and the public\u2019s trust when he devised a ploy to purchase thousands of dollars\u2019 worth of personal items with a state-issued credit card and then took steps to conceal his crime,\u201d said state Inspector General<\/a> Letizia Tagliafierro, whose office investigated the alleged fraud and theft.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur investigation found that he was able to continue his scheme unabated for so long due to absent supervision and lax controls. I applaud Empire State College\u2019s leadership for identifying the systemic problem, quickly making necessary personnel changes and implementing important safeguards to keep this gross abuse of taxpayer dollars from happening again.\u201d<\/p>\n

The IG\u2019s office also is looking into suspect spending within the sprawling City University of New York system.<\/p>\n

Raimann was employed as SUNY Empire\u2019s facilities director since 2010 and was fired in October of last year, sources said. He had been paid $106,529 a year.<\/p>\n

Reimann\u2019s massive alleged pilfering was discovered when new SUNY Chancellor James Malatras was president of Empire State College, the Saratoga Springs-based school that specializes in online courses.<\/p>\n

Malatras, a former top aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, took control of SUNY Empire in July 2019 and launched a full operational review \u201cthat uncovered evidence indicating misuse of public funds,\u201d a spokesman for the college said.<\/p>\n

\u201cMr. Reimann was suspended in August as an internal investigation was conducted, which led to the referral to the IG. He was terminated from his employment in October,\u201d said SUNY Empire spokesman Kyle Adams.<\/p>\n

The 171 unauthorized purchases from Reimann\u2019s state-issued SUNY Empire credit card allegedly included:<\/p>\n