Folks will do something for cash – or for meals.

A former meals companies director is accused of embezzling over $1 million value of hen wings, CBS Information studies.

Vera Liddell, who used to work for the Harvey College District 52 in Illinois, allegedly positioned a whole lot of unauthorized orders of meals throughout the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic. A few of these orders included 11,000 instances of frozen hen wings. The State Lawyer’s workplace says the faculties had been closed and courses had been being held just about.

Nonetheless, the varsity district nonetheless supplied meal pickup companies.

In accordance to NBC 5, the orders had been positioned via the district’s important meals companies provider, Gordon Meals Providers, from July 2020 to February 2022. Prosecutors say the purchases had been made individually from official orders made by the varsity district.

An audit of all of the district’s departments was carried out by the varsity district’s enterprise supervisor and found the meals service division exceeded the annual price range by $300,000, with solely half the varsity yr left.

Invoices had been later discovered signed by Liddell for “large portions” of hen wings, which isn’t usually served to college students since they aren’t boneless. Prosecutors within the case say surveillance footage reveals Liddell at Gordon Meals Providers to select up the meals orders. Liddell signed  an digital keypad to acknowledge she acquired the hen wings and the varsity district was later billed for them.  and leaving with them in a district cargo van.

The previous college official put them in a district cargo van however the meals was by no means introduced again to the varsity or the scholars, as instructed by prosecutors to CBS Information.

An announcement, secured by CBS Information, was issued by District 152 Interim Supt. Lela Bridges relating to the case however couldn’t remark additional due to the continued investigation. “We’re totally cooperating with the authorities relating to this matter.”