Former Southern University Band Director in Federal Prison
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A former marching band director at Southern University and A&M College began a 13-month sentence in Texas federal prison Tuesday for stealing more than $30,000 that was meant to be used for band expenses, reported WBRZ, a Louisiana-based ABC affiliate.
Nathan Haymer, 43, who directed the historically Black university’s “Human Jukebox” marching band, “intentionally misapplied” the university funding between 2016 and 2018 and was convicted of federal program theft, according to a March press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Louisiana. Haymer forged invoices and expense documents to falsify band-related purchases, the U.S. attorney’s office said.
Former Southern University band director, Nathan Haymer, booked into federal prison
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BATON ROUGE - Former Southern University band director, Nathan Haymer has been booked into a Texas federal prison, as of Tuesday, May 4.
Haymer is set to spend the next 13 months in a medium security facility called FCI Three Rivers.
In March, the 43-year-old was charged with embezzlement, with a court ruling that he misused the very money he d been responsible for overseeing, funds that belonged to Southern University s band.
University ex-band director gets prison, must repay $78K
March 31, 2021
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) A former band director at a Louisiana university has been ordered to repay nearly $80,000 and sentenced to 13 months in prison for submitting fraudulent expenses.
Nathan Haymer, 43, of Houston, must pay $78,690 to Southern University and a money judgment for the same amount, Acting U.S. Attorney Ellison C. Travis said in a news release Wednesday.
That’s in addition to $30,000 which Haymer paid to the school after he was fired in 2018, The Advocate reported.
Haymer pleaded guilty in October. In his plea agreement he said he submitted phony expenses between November 2016 and March 2018.
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A former band director at a Louisiana university has been ordered to repay nearly $80,000 and sentenced to 13 months in prison for submitting fraudulent expenses.
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) A former band director at a Louisiana university has been ordered to repay nearly $80,000 and sentenced to 13 months in prison for submitting fraudulent expenses. Acting U.S. Attorney Ellison C. Travis said in a news release Wednesday that Nathan Haymer of Houston must pay $78,690 to Southern University and a money judgment for the same amount. The Advocate reports that s in addition to more than $30,000 which Haymer paid when he pleaded guilty in October. He admitted submitting phony expenses between November 2016 and March 2018. Southern s band is nicknamed the Human Jukebox. It travels around the country for parades and other events.
Former Southern University Band Director Sentenced To Prison
Nathan Haymer, former director of Southern University s marching band, has been sentenced to federal prison.
Haymer pleaded guilty to embezzlement charges last year and was sentenced this Tuesday to 13 months in a federal penitentiary, and he must must pay $78,690 back to the school in restitution.
Judge Brian Jackson, a Southern Law Center alum, told Haymer he took advantage of the university to enrich himself and exploited loopholes to make it happen. Haymer admitted to submitting at least 15 fraudulent invoices to Southern University for band expenses and just kept the money. He was also accused of taking personal payments for Southern performers.