DW: Times are ruff and all...I mean, I get it. Next time, use Craigslist.
Not every criminal master plan goes off without a hitch...especially when you try to use Facebook to do it. Steven Keenan, a public school administrator in Akron, Ohio, resigned after being caught in a scheme involving the district's lawnmowers. Keenan traded in 11 Akron Public Schools lawnmowers to a vendor without board approval, ostensibly to purchase new equipment for the district. However, he then used a "friends and family" discount with the same vendor to personally buy back seven of the traded-in mowers for $5,693.Â
The scheme became more ridiculous when Keenan listed five of these seven mowers for sale on Facebook Marketplace, asking for a total of $14,700, which would have netted him a significant profit on equipment that originally belonged to the school district. The school board discovered the unauthorized transactions and was prepared to fire Keenan for violating the staff code of ethics before he chose to resign instead. The resignation became official at the following Monday's school board meeting.Â
Source:Â 1011 Now