Call Tyrone: Howard Student, Tyrone Hankerson, stole over 400K in financial aid from college

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An explosive report revealed earlier today that six Howard University employees stole more than a million dollars from the school and have now been fired after a whistle-blower exposed the theft on social media, reports NBC.

Now, Tyrone Hankerson Jr. a former student employee has been named at the center of the controversy. Hankerson Jr allegedly scammed $ $429,000 from Howard’s financial aid coffers.


Hankerson Jr. has now deactivated all of his social media accounts, but that doesn’t mean the internet doesn’t still have receipts. Photos of the former Howard Law student show him living his best life with expensive clothes, designer bags and even a personal videographer to chronicle the best parts of his life.

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Earlier today, Howard University’s president Wayne Frederick released a statement acknowledging that an audit of their 2006 to 2016 records found that there were university grants that were awarded to some employees that were also receiving tuition remission. But the funds were mishandled and taken by those employees, which equaled more than the cost of attendance, allowing them to receive “inappropriate refunds.”

“While this has been a very difficult and disappointing situation, I know our campus community deserves better and I am committed to insuring that each of our campus offices operate with integrity and are the best that higher education has to offer,” said Frederick.

An outside auditor spearheaded the investigation and once the misappropriation of funds was determined, the school alerted the Department of Education in July 2017. By September, the six employees were fired for “gross misconduct and neglect of duties.” And a whistleblower shared the information earlier today on the blogging platform, Medium (which has since been deleted.)

Tyrone Hankerson, was repeatedly awarded a $65,000 “University Need Based Grant.” In 2014, Hankerson was awarded another $22,683 scholarship, labeled as a Mock Trial Scholarship. Sources who have been involved with the mock trial, including past leadership, say the team has never awarded a scholarship of that amount and wouldn’t even have had the budget to accommodate a scholarship of that amount.
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Call Tyrone: Howard University Student-Employee Accused Of Financial Aid Theft

Frederick released a statement, outlining new policies implemented after the incident including all awards of university grants are now reviewed and approved by the Budget Office prior to being awarded by the Financial Aid Office.

Hankerson Jr. still has a lot to answer for as the meme’s and posts of disdain created in his honor continue to grow on Twitter by the minute. Here are just a few to sample:







Howard University student employee Tyrone Hankerson Jr. at the center of financial aid scandal - theGrio

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Damm crazy, i forgot but this conjures up memories of how rampent financial aid fraud was in the 90s and early 2000s. People were collecting all types of reimbursments and refunds, they tightened up their checks and balances but still people find a way. There are people making a killing on this fraud
 
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