Former Drexel University professor spent $185K in federal grants at strip clubs, sports bars: Prosecutors

6ABC.com ^ | January 15, 2020

[dfwgator]

The rest of the money he just squandered.

[Waverunner]

Actually,He gave it to his favorite charity

"Helping Single Mothers One Dollar At A Time."

[fightin kentuckian]

At least the money was useful and it wasn’t wasted on something idiotic like a $30,000 recreation of Hamlet — with a cast of dogs (actually happened).

Here’s an out take of a good song from Tracy Lawrence.

“Some was spent on Gambling,
a lot was spent on women
A Little on some good Cabernet
Three or Four divorces,
at least that many horses
who never left the starting gate
Diamond rings and furs,
swampland in New Jersey
That week I spent a year in LA
I hate to admit it,
I threw the rest away”

[glorgau]

At least they caught it in an audit.

The temptation to do this is large. The penalty should be larger for the purposes of suasion.

[shotgun]

I agree. He was likely studying the amount of static electricity generated by a strippers crotch during a pole dance and if he could somehow harness this new form a green, renewable energy source...

[bgill]

That’s the best use of other people’s money I’ve heard all day.

[Arones]

At least it didn’t go to waste.

+1

[nicollo]

$89,000 on iTunes purchases and meals

Meals, maybe, although that's a lot of restaurants there. But iTunes, what's up with that, tipping strippers w/ gift cards?

[Chickensoup]

It sounds out of character for him.

His resume is one of someone who has worked hard all of his life.

Bipolar mania?

[slouper]

I wanna party with that guy!

[P.O.E.]

spent $96,000 in federal grant funds at adult entertainment venues and sports bars

I gotta get off the dime and apply for some grants.

[Capt. Tom]

Getting caught and having it publicized is unusual, but what about the underlying behavior?

https://theothermccain.com/2019/10/08/professor-chikaodinaka-nwankpa
Oct 08, 2019 · [Nwankpa] spent 27 years teaching in Drexel’s electrical and computer engineering department, chairing it from 2015 until he left. During that time, he was among the university’s top attractors of research grant funds, boasting in his faculty bio that he had landed more than $10 million in research money throughout his career.

[gogeo]

Who does he think he is, a Congressman?