A member of the Fairfax County Faculty Board in Virginia has been sued by a neighborhood 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 reimbursement, 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 Faculty Board member has been sued by a flight faculty for allegedly embezzling $175,000 from the corporate for private bills. (AP Picture/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 expenses. McDaiel confessed to utilizing the cash and paid again $50,000.
In December, Fischer discovered that McDaniel had “expanded his use of the company’s credit cards and bank accounts for his personal expenses” 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 needed time to seek the advice of a lawyer, however extra unauthorized expenses have been made, leading to McDaniel’s termination.
The lawsuit was filed in opposition to Fairfax County Faculty Board member Kyle McDaniel. (Getty Photographs)
“Fischer thereafter continued to observe that new, non-business-related charges were being made to the company credit 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.
“This is an ongoing business dispute between my former business partner and myself,” McDaniel mentioned in an announcement to Fox 5 DC. “I’m going to let this play out in the courts where I intend to prevail, and not in the press.”
“My focus has been and will remain on fully funding and supporting a public education system that’s responsive to the needs of our kids and community. I will not let this situation distract me from that,” he continued.
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 understand that this is an ongoing business and legal dispute. We respect the legal process and will refrain from commenting further at this time,” the district mentioned in an announcement to Fox 5 DC.
