A judge awarded $3 million to Antonia Allen, a former WWU auditor, for wrongful termination after she reported fraudulent attendance records. Read to learn more.
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A university auditor who told federal investigators about Western Washington University s use of "ghost courses," and was later fired by the school, was awarded nearly $3 million in dam
‘Culture of fear’ at Western Washington University after auditors fired, prompting lawsuits and resignations By Asia Fields, The Seattle Times
Published: December 28, 2020, 8:01am
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The internal audit office at Western Washington University is tasked with investigating and preventing legal and financial risk. But it has instead become the epicenter of sudden firings, lawsuits and even a police escort from a board of trustees meeting in recent years.
After one former auditor sued, claiming he was pushed out over an audit of a former president’s travel expenses, Western settled for $216,000.
His successor, Antonia Allen, sued the university earlier this month for alleged retaliation and wrongful termination. Allen was fired soon after her office completed a contentious audit into the use of “ghost courses” to pad students’ credit loads, which her office reported as fraud to federal investigators.
December 18, 2020 7:05 am
KGMI
BELLINGHAM, Wash. A former internal auditor at Western Washington University claims she was fired for being a Whistleblower, and has filed a lawsuit in Whatcom County Superior Court.
Antonia Allen alleges that staff and faculty in the Woodring College of Education were giving students credit for classes they didn’t attend so those students could receive federal financial aid.
Her lawsuit claims she alerted the university and the Department of Education to her conclusions in an effort to protect the school from fines and penalties.
She alleges that she was fired in November 2019 for exposing what she says were “ghost classes” and other ethics violations by faculty.