Skydog Deac
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Who can be this dumb? I can see maybe one person doing this, but four? Wouldn't one of them realized the impossibility of what they were doing? And what kind of stipend is Georgia paying them anyway? http://sports.yahoo.com/news/4-georgia-players-charged-theft-135455284--ncaaf.html
ATLANTA (AP) -- Four Georgia football players were released on bond late Monday following their arrests on misdemeanor charges of theft by deception.
University of Georgia chief of police Jimmy Williamson said Tuesday an investigation found that three players - starting safety Tray Matthews, defensive linemen Jonathan Taylor and James DeLoach - received double payments for stipend checks of $71.50 issued by the Georgia athletic department.
The players deposited the paper checks through a mobile device and also cashed the checks at a convenience store, according to Williamson.
Wide receiver Uriah LeMay was charged with cashing a roommate's check after the check already had been deposited through a mobile app, according to Williamson.
The players turned themselves in, and such misdemeanor offenses can result in fines up to $1,000 and jail terms up to one year, campus police said.
Williamson said the investigation began when he was contacted ''a couple weeks ago by a senior athletic administrator.''
''They were showing what they thought was some fraudulent activity with some of their accounts,'' Williamson said.
Williamson said the investigation revealed the double payments on checks.
''These athletes just did what we see other people doing all the time, other students, employees, people finding ways to get money,'' Williams said.
Georgia athletic director Greg McGarity said all players receive the stipend checks.
''It is what it is,'' McGarity told The Associated Press in a phone interview on Tuesday. ''We're not going to get into times, amounts of checks, frequency of checks. They're legal. They receive checks periodically throughout the year.''
ATLANTA (AP) -- Four Georgia football players were released on bond late Monday following their arrests on misdemeanor charges of theft by deception.
University of Georgia chief of police Jimmy Williamson said Tuesday an investigation found that three players - starting safety Tray Matthews, defensive linemen Jonathan Taylor and James DeLoach - received double payments for stipend checks of $71.50 issued by the Georgia athletic department.
The players deposited the paper checks through a mobile device and also cashed the checks at a convenience store, according to Williamson.
Wide receiver Uriah LeMay was charged with cashing a roommate's check after the check already had been deposited through a mobile app, according to Williamson.
The players turned themselves in, and such misdemeanor offenses can result in fines up to $1,000 and jail terms up to one year, campus police said.
Williamson said the investigation began when he was contacted ''a couple weeks ago by a senior athletic administrator.''
''They were showing what they thought was some fraudulent activity with some of their accounts,'' Williamson said.
Williamson said the investigation revealed the double payments on checks.
''These athletes just did what we see other people doing all the time, other students, employees, people finding ways to get money,'' Williams said.
Georgia athletic director Greg McGarity said all players receive the stipend checks.
''It is what it is,'' McGarity told The Associated Press in a phone interview on Tuesday. ''We're not going to get into times, amounts of checks, frequency of checks. They're legal. They receive checks periodically throughout the year.''
