Illinois school district worker accused of taking $1.5 million in chicken wings: report

An official at a Chicago, Illinois-area college district was arrested for stealing $1.5 million price of meals – primarily hen wings – from the district throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, in line with stories.

The Related Press reported that Vera Liddell, 66, was held within the Cook dinner County Jail on $150,000 bond, in line with WGN-TV out of Chicago.

Liddell was employed by the Harvey Faculty District because the meals service director.

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The tv station reviewed courtroom paperwork that confirmed over 11,000 circumstances of hen wings have been ordered and picked up in a district cargo van throughout the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic.

At the moment, college students have been studying remotely, but the district continued serving meals that oldsters might decide up.

Anchor Bar launched the nation to Buffalo wings in 1964. Their recognition has solely unfold over the a long time, with People now consuming an estimated 27 billion wings per yr, in line with the Nationwide Hen Council. 
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District funds have been used to buy the meals, prosecutors mentioned, however the meals was by no means supplied to the scholars.

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When an audit was performed mid-year, college officers found the district was $300,000 over its annual meals service funds.

The district’s enterprise supervisor found signed invoices for “large portions of hen wings, an merchandise that was by no means served to college students as a result of they comprise bones,” prosecutors mentioned.

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The Related Press reported that of the 1,600 college students within the district, greater than 80% qualify as low-income.

The Related Press contributed to this story.