Gamble, who pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud, received FAMU purchasing card

Dee Gamble, center, with President Elmira Mangum

A Tallahassee Democrat report on the spending records of FAMU President Elmira Mangum’s administration shows that a staffer who had pleaded guilty to a criminal financial-related charge before he was hired received a university purchasing card. That individual is Santoras “Dee” Gamble, who currently works as an assistant to Mangum. 

As part of his probation, the U.S. Government ordered Gamble to terminate or destroy all of his current credit cards, not to obtain any new credit, and undergo credit counseling.

The Democrat article stated that for “May 2016 through July 2016: His total shows $6,700 during the three-month period. Most of the listings are for hotels, electronics, taxi services.”

Back on August 25, 2015, WFSU reported that the FAMU Office of Communications had hired Gamble to a job that pays him $75,000 per year. According to WFSU, “Gamble was convicted of Conspiracy to Defraud the United States, a felony. He was ordered to pay more than $122,000 in restitution to the U.S. Department of Education and Auburn University, where the crime took place.”

The United States v. Santoras D. Gamble “Amended Judgment in a Criminal Case” document that is linked to WFSU’s story states that Gamble pleaded guilty and received a sentence of three years’ probation for the offense. He made the guilty plea in 2009.

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