UNI Secretary Skirts Cash Deposits for Personal Tax Breaks
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa state auditor's report says a University of Northern Iowa secretary deposited personal and business checks in lieu of cash donations in an effort to collect personal and business tax breaks.
Auditors found more than $3,000 in cash was collected but never deposited by Lori Shannon, a secretary with the Literacy Education Office. Of that, the Shannon wrote personal or business checks that were deposited in lieu of the cash totaling $2,342.
An auditor says she would hold the cash, later writing a personal check to deposit in lieu of the cash.
The report has been filed with the university's department of public safety and with the county attorney's office.