Woman used money to help son pay off gambling debt
A university employee admitted to taking more than $13,000 from UA project funds to help her son pay off a gambling debt, according to the results of a police investigation released yesterday.
The employee, who worked as a secretary in the UA College of Public Health, told police on Aug. 14 that she had written checks belonging to a research fund and deposited them in her personal bank account. The Arizona Daily Wildcat is withholding her name because she has not yet been charged with a crime.
The woman told the Arizona Daily Wildcat that she had no savings, had reached the limit on her credit cards and had exhausted financial assistance from family members.
She said she did not know where else to turn for the money.
