A member of the Fairfax County College Board in Virginia has been sued by an area flight faculty on accusations that he embezzled $175,000 from the corporate for private bills.
The lawsuit filed in opposition to Kyle McDaniel, additionally a secretary and treasurer of the flight faculty Blue Label Aviation, alleges he used an organization bank card for leisure, private bills and campaign-related bills, based on Fox 5 DC.
McDaniel was caught and paid a number of the a refund, however then continued to embezzle extra funds, the lawsuit alleges.
He’s accused of embezzling $175,000 from the flight faculty and spending the cash on strip golf equipment, household holidays and different luxuries and utilizing the cash to subsidize his marketing campaign for workplace.
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A Fairfax County College Board member has been sued by a flight faculty for allegedly embezzling $175,000 from the corporate for private bills. (AP Photograph/Matthew Barakat, File)
Blue Label Aviation claims McDaniel used his place on the firm to entry its bank cards and financial institution accounts.
In June, firm CEO Timothy Fischer confronted McDaniel with $120,000 of improper prices. McDaiel confessed to utilizing the cash and paid again $50,000.
In December, Fischer discovered that McDaniel had “expanded his use of the corporate’s bank cards and financial institution accounts for his private bills” and charged $160,000 in private bills.
McDaniel was confronted once more in January and was given the chance to resign in alternate for giving up his shares within the firm and giving again his firm bank cards, the lawsuit says. McDaniel responded that he wished time to seek the advice of a lawyer, however extra unauthorized prices had been made, leading to McDaniel’s termination.
The lawsuit was filed in opposition to Fairfax County College Board member Kyle McDaniel. (Getty Pictures)
“Fischer thereafter continued to watch that new, non-business-related prices had been being made to the corporate bank card,” the lawsuit alleges.
The lawsuit is asking for $175,000 in addition to punitive damages of $350,000 and for McDaniel to return his company bank cards and take away himself from firm financial institution accounts.
“That is an ongoing enterprise dispute between my former enterprise accomplice and myself,” McDaniel mentioned in an announcement to Fox 5 DC. “I’m going to let this play out within the courts the place I intend to prevail, and never within the press.”
“My focus has been and can stay on absolutely funding and supporting a public training system that’s aware of the wants of our youngsters and group. I cannot let this example distract me from that,” he continued.
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Blue Label Aviation claims Kyle McDaniel used his place on the firm to entry its bank cards and financial institution accounts. (Fairfax County Public Colleges)
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Fairfax County Public Colleges mentioned it has been made conscious of a civil lawsuit in opposition to McDaniel.
“We perceive that that is an ongoing enterprise and authorized dispute. We respect the authorized course of and can chorus from commenting additional right now,” the district mentioned in an announcement to Fox 5 DC.
