A former Indian River State College administrator is blowing the whistle, filing a lawsuit against the school's current leadership, alleging systemic waste, fraud, abuse and corruption.
Marvin Pyles claims the financial mismanagement is costing Florida taxpayers millions of dollars. Pyles was hired as chief financial officer in 2021 and told WPTV he had a mandate to balance the struggling budget.
"What I uncovered was a financial mess," Pyles said. "The enrollment had been in decline. ... The fund balance was depleted, and so I had to start the job of trying to recover the finances of the college."
Pyles shared his performance reviews with me, dating back to his first in 2021. Each one praised his efforts to correct the college's financial issues. His final review, signed by Moore two months before Pyles was fired, read: "Doctor Pyles is a gifted senior administrator who has dramatically improved the college's financial position."
As he learned more about why the school's finances were so fraught and tried to correct them, Pyles claims he was fired in retaliation.
"The fact that there was fraud, waste, abuse of taxpayer and donor dollars is not the question here," Pyles said, citing years of state audits, which WPTV reviewed. "What the problem is, is the exposure of this and the board's determination to keep this concealed."
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