University of Louisiana charged with felony theft www.privateofficer.com
Nancy Eileen Hanson, 54, was arrested May 11, according to a UL statement issued Wednesday night.
Hanson remains in the Lafayette Parish Correctional Center on a $150,000 bond and has been charged with one count of felony theft, according to jail records.
In the statement, officials said that the UL Internal Auditor notified the school’s police department May 11 about missing funds from the parking and transit division.
The auditor’s findings were turned over to police, who learned the alleged thefts happened between October 2009 and May 2011.
Hanson was arrested the same day.
Hanson described her work in an online profile on the professional networking and social media website LinkedIn.
She lists herself as the cash manager and field operations supervisor for pay lots and corresponding computer operations.
Among her listed duties were collecting, counting, verifying and depositing field operations money on a daily basis to an auditable system.
In addition, Hanson wrote that she coordinated special events in parking areas, maintenance in permitted and zoned parking areas and maintaining open relations with the campus police department.
School officials said the investigation is ongoing.
