Recently appointed Florida A&M Vice President and Director of Athletics Angela Suggs has been arrested and charged with grand theft and scheme to defraud and four misdemeanor counts of false claims on travel vouchers, according to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.
Suggs is the former president and CEO of the Florida Sports Foundation, or FSF.
"The investigation began in November 2024 after FDLE received a criminal referral from the Florida Department of Commerce’s Inspector General with an audit of Suggs’ FSF business credit card purchases and corresponding travel reimbursements," FDLE said in a June 9 statement. The FSF is a direct-support organization operating under the Florida Department of Commerce.
"The investigation revealed Suggs misused her FSF-issued credit card to make wire transfers and cash withdraws and personal purchases at casinos during business trips, totaling more than $24,000," the statement said. "She then falsified travel vouchers, coding the unauthorized charges as meals.
"When asked about the unauthorized charges, Suggs claimed some were for business meals and others were accidentally charged to the business card. She failed to fully repay FSF for her personal expenditures."
Suggs turned herself in June 9 at the Leon County Jail on a $13,500 bond.
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