A former University employee claims he has been unfairly accused of damaging a University piano and channeling University funds to himself.
Bradley Snook, former University piano technician, was accused in last year’s legislative audit — costing the School of Music $11,500 for damaging a piano, conducting non-University business for personal payment and using his position as a University employee to direct funds to himself.
The audit reports the University paid an outside vendor $105,074, of which Snook took $85,295.
But Snook, who now resides in Europe, said in an e-mail to The Daily Reveille that the accusation that he took this money stemmed from a communication gap between the administration and himself.
“I spoke with the administration and indicated that I would be willing [to] pay the upfront costs so that the school would have access to the full amount of work that we were expecting,” Snook said. “After the work was completed, the dealer would then reimburse me for the expenses that were paid out. Everyone was agreeable and happy with this solution, and it is what allowed the school to get the maximum school.”
 
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