CPS assistant principal stole $273K from after-school program, prosecutors say – Chicago Sun-Times

“The investigation showed that the school did not follow basic internal controls procedures in that they gave the assistant principal near-total control over the school’s receipt and processing of electronic payments and failed to maintain adequate records of receipts and expenditures,” the report read. “One of the reasons that the assistant principal had so much autonomy was that the other administration members did not understand how the electronic accounts worked.”