Buffalo school administrator gets probation for stealing federal anti-poverty funds
December 22, 2016
By Victor Skinner
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BUFFALO, N.Y. – An assistant superintendent in Buffalo received two years of probation for stealing from a federal anti-poverty program she oversaw for low income students.
deborahbuckleyFormer assistant superintendent Deborah Buckley stole about $15,120 from the district’s federal Title I program for low income students between 2009 and 2010 through a scheme with her son, Hassan El Saddique, WIVB reports.
Buckley, 56, financed her son’s job as a computer consultant for the Buffalo School District, where she controlled more than $100 million in federal grants each year, according to The Buffalo News.
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