Update June 2024:
Dawn Nicole Gantt has pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 15 years of probation on the condition that she pay restitution in full of $278,000, which she did.
Gantt also has to pay a $75,000 fine within 12 months.
Original Story:
A grand jury indictment accuses a former Augusta University Dental College of Georgia coordinator of embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars.
We combed through pages of payments in the indictment against Dawn Nichole Gantt, which show payments to Airbnb, Carpet Warehouse, Verizon, the Optavia weight-loss system, Nordictrack.com, Hidden Creek HOA, VRBO, Dooney and Burke and multiple payments to Louis Vuitton, totaling close to $10,000, and multiple payments to Delta Air Lines.
The indictment also shows where she made payments to furniture and appliance stores along with several months of payments to more than one car company.
In total, the indictment shows that through her racketeering activity, Gantt acquired and maintained approximately $305,359.54 in personal property.
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