"[I]nvestigations determined that between late 2009 and early 2014, a school operations employee who worked at two high schools orchestrated multiple fraudulent purchasing and reimbursement schemes that resulted in the theft of $876,427," the inspector general's report said.
The report concluded the thefts were carried out through a system of fake purchase orders and falsified invoices from businesses that in turn kicked back money to a district employee. Most of the theft occurred at Clark High School; the scheme also involved Gage Park High School.