Employee terminated after being found guilty of misuse of funds
OATH Index No. 494/13
The New York City Department of Educationcharged a custodial engineer with the misuse of funds.
OATH Administrative Law Judge Kevin F. Casey found that the custodian failed to repay more than $43,000 he owed to the Department in excess funds, that he wrote a check to the Department for $43,620, knowing that there were insufficient funds in his account to cover the check, and that he overpaid himself by $14,000
The Department apportions funds to custodian engineers based on the square footage of buildings that they maintain. Funds are kept in a custodial bank account which custodian engineers can access online. Custodian engineers must repay the Department any excess funds that they receive each year. In this instance the custodian acknowledged overpaying himself and his staff.
Judge Casey recommended termination of the employee, which recommendation was adopted by the Chancellor of the New York City Department of Education.
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The decision is posted on the Internet at:
http://archive.citylaw.org/oath/13_Cases/13-494.pdf