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Instructor slammed with huge ethics fine

Written on June 23, 2011 – 6:34 am | by Justin Fraser

The charges against this instructor who was hit with a state ethics boards largest-ever penalty will leave you shaking your head.

Jorge Gilbert worked as an instructor at The Evergreen State College in Washington state, where he taught a course about South American history.

To help students learn about history, Gilbert organized trips to Chile. But there was a big problem, ethics board investigators say.

A 2009 college audit reportedly showed Gilbert had not accounted for about $50,000 in payments he collected from students between 2003 and 2008. On top of that, he entered into travel-related contracts with a company that was partly owned by his family, the audit determined.

An investigation was triggered by student complaints that they did not receive airline tickets they thought theyd bought through Gilbert. He allegedly deposited student trip money into his personal accounts and did not get required waivers for students travelling abroad.

The price tag for Gilbert: a fine of nearly $120,000.

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