The unhealthy information for Florida A&M continues.
New FAMU athletic director Angela Suggs turned herself into the Leon County jail Monday to face fees of fraud and larceny, based on a report by Tallahassee tv station WCTV.
A Leon County Sheriff’s Workplace spokesperson advised the station that Suggs faces warrants for alleged fraud and larceny following a Florida Division of Regulation Enforcement investigation.
Suggs was named athletic director final September. Suggs’ earlier place was president and CEO of the Florida Sports activities Basis. Throughout her seven-year tenure, the inspiration secured two Tremendous Bowls (2020 and 2021) and a present three-year run of Professional Bowl video games (2023, 2024, and 2025).
Based on the Leon County Sheriff’s Workplace Web site, Suggs fees are one depend grand theft larceny of greater than $20,000 and fewer than $100,000, one depend fraud to swindle or receive property underneath $20,000 and 4 counts of fraud for journey expense claims.
The investigation started in November 2024 after FDLE obtained a prison referral from the Florida Division of Commerce’s Inspector Common with an audit of Suggs’ FSF enterprise bank card purchases and corresponding journey reimbursements. The FSF is a direct-support group working underneath the Florida Division of Commerce, based on the Florida Division of Regulation Enforcement.
“The investigation revealed that Suggs misused her FSF-issued bank card to make wire transfers and money withdraws and private purchases at casinos throughout enterprise journeys, totaling greater than $24,000. She then falsified journey vouchers, coding the unauthorized fees as meals. When requested concerning the unauthorized fees, Suggs claimed some had been for enterprise meals and others had been by accident charged to the enterprise card. She failed to totally repay FSF for her private expenditures.”
Interim FAMU President Timothy Beard advised the Tallahassee Democrat in a press release that he was “conscious of the allegations involving our athletics director, Angela Suggs, whereas she was working with a former employer. Whereas the matter is unrelated to her duties as an worker at FAMU, we’re monitoring the scenario and can reply sooner or later as acceptable.”
