GRAND RAPIDS (WOOD-AM) - Former Grand Haven Area Public Schools assistant superintendent Brian Wheeler embezzled nearly $1 million from the district from 2014 to 2021, according to a forensic audit conducted by Plante Moran.
Wheeler used false invoices to to write the checks, investigators said. He then deposited the money into his own bank account.
Wheeler died in the Ottawa County Jail from cardiovascular disease on January 27, three days after pleading no contest to embezzlement and computer-related charges.
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