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<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\nAuthorities allege Suggs used a corporate credit card for personal expenses that amounted to more than $24,000 while serving as the chief executive of the Florida Sports Foundation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Suggs turned herself into the Leon County (Fla.) jail and was released on $13,500 bond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She faces two felony charges, grand theft and scheme to defraud, along with four misdemeanor counts of submitting false claims on travel vouchers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement said Suggs made wire transfers, cash withdrawals, and personal purchases as casinos during business trips in her prior role.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The probe into Suggs began in November 2024, two months after he was appointed to her current position, after the FDLE received a criminal referral from the Florida Department of Commerce\u2019s Inspector General.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The investigation arose from an audit looking into Suggs\u2019 business credit card transactions and travel reimbursements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The audit revealed Suggs falsified travel vouchers by mislabeling personal expenses as business meals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhile the matter is unrelated to her duties as an employee at FAMU, we are monitoring the situation and will respond in the future as appropriate,\u201d Florida A&M interim president Timothy Bears said in a statement to The Associated Press.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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