FAMU AD arrested, accused of stealing $24K from former job

Syndication: Tallahassee DemocratFlorida A&M’s new Vice President and Director of Athletics Angela Suggs speaks at an introductory press conference Monday, Sept. 23, 2024

Florida A&M athletic director Angela Suggs was arrested Monday on two felony counts related to putting $24,000 in personal expenses on a corporate credit card at her previous job.

Suggs, 55, is charged with grand theft and scheme to defraud, as well as four misdemeanor counts of false claims on travel vouchers. She turned herself in to authorities Monday at the Leon County (Fla.) Detention Facility.

Suggs posted a $13,500 bond and was released Monday afternoon.

Florida A&M hired Suggs as its new athletic director on a three-year, $750,000 contract just nine months ago.

“While the matter is unrelated to her duties as an employee at FAMU, we are monitoring the situation and will respond in the future as appropriate,” FAMU interim president Timothy Beard said in a statement.

Prior to FAMU, Suggs worked as the president and CEO of the Florida Sports Foundation (FSF). An investigation began in November 2024 following an audit of Suggs’ business credit card purchases, according to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.

“The investigation revealed Suggs misused her FSF-issued credit card to make wire transfers and cash withdraws and personal purchases at casinos during business trips, totaling more than $24,000,” the Florida Department of Law Enforcement said in a statement. “She then falsified travel vouchers, coding the unauthorized charges as meals.

“When asked about the unauthorized charges, Suggs claimed some were for business meals and others were accidentally charged to the business card. She failed to fully repay (the foundation) for her personal expenditures.”

–Field Level Media

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