Story dated June 25, 2007 - Dr. James Jarrett Glass, 63, director of the UNT Survey Research Center pleaded guilty to public corruption.
A retired University of North Texas professor pleaded guilty Monday to federal public corruption charges after prosecutors said he funneled more than $463,000 in cash and services from the university to his private business.It seems to be something of a problem at the University of North Texas.
This is the fourth court case of embezzlement by UNT staff members or professors in the last two years.
Patti Dale was sentenced to four years in March 2005 in state court for theft by a public servant. She recruited 14 people she placed on the payroll of the School of Library and Information Sciences who never worked there. Those involved gave most of the money they received to her, and she took more than $155,000 in the scheme.
Paul Schlieve was sentenced to 160 months in federal prison in July 2005. He put his boyfriend on a student work grant payroll and collected paychecks for him, even while the boyfriend was in jail. The man neither worked at nor attended UNT.Andrea Szaboky was placed on 10 years' probation in state court for felony theft in July 2006. She reimbursed herself nearly $30,000 for trips she didn't take, bought expensive gifts on the university purchase card and paid herself for work she didn't do.
