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Former Law School IT Director Admits To $80,000 Theft

Paul Caron
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Law360, Former Law School IT Director Admits To Thefts:

New England Law Logo (2013)A former IT director for New England School of Law in Boston pled guilty Monday to using the school's Amazon account to purchase more than $80,000 worth of musical equipment and Apple products, state prosecutors announced.

Gareth Flanagan, 52, of Medford was also sentenced to a year of probation by Suffolk County Superior Court Justice James Budreau, and must pay $10,000 in restitution, according to the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office, which prosecuted the case.

Flanagan, who was indicted in May on three counts of felony larceny, used the law school's Amazon account to purchase approximately $68,000 worth of equipment for his band, and spent $8,200 on other musical equipment and $4,100 on Apple products, prosecutors said.

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Paul Caron
Paul Caron was named Duane and Kelly Roberts Dean of Pepperdine University School of Law on June 1, 2017. Dean Caron joined the Pepperdine faculty in 2013 after serving as the Dorothy and Leonard Straus Distinguished Visiting Professor of Law in the spring semesters of 2010 through 2013. He served as Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development at Pepperdine in 2015-2017. Before coming to Pepperdine, he was Associate Dean of Faculty and Charles Hartsock Professor of Law at the University of Cincinnati College of Law.
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