Case Study Lawrence Wyllie V.

Academia: The following case is from the U.S. Department of Justice September 14th 2017 and involves a former Chicago, Illinois superintendent. According to the article Mr. Lawrence Wyllie, a 79 year old, who worked at Lincoln-Way Community High School, has been indicted for federal fraud. He has allegedly misappropriated school funds for his own benefit and concealing the district’s true financial deficit from the public. He is said to have fraudulently used at least $50,000 in school district funds to build a dog obedience training school. He also pocketed $14,000 of the school district fund by lying about having unused vacation days. This was not even a part of his contract. He also inflated the school district’s financial health by using bond funds to pay the district’s operating expenses. …show more content…
He also gave himself a $16,500 retirement stipend that was also not in his employment contract. He is being charged with five counts of wire fraud and one count of embezzlement. The charges that he faces, if proven guilty, could be up to twenty years in prison for wire fraud and a maximum ten years in prison for embezzlement. This article was set for immediate release and the case is still ongoing. According to the Chicago Tribune, September 2017, Mr. Wyllie has been under a yearlong investigation by another paper entitled Daily Southtown. They are the ones who exposed the sketchy financial practices at Wyllie’s high school. The public didn’t know about this issue until 2015. The only reason they did find out about this incident is because Lincoln- Way North High School was put on the state’s financial watch