The former senior program coordinator of the University of Louisville’s Equine Industry Program has been charged in federal court in Louisville with wire fraud and money laundering, according to the office of U.S. Attorney David J. Hale.
Ward was fired last March after a U of L audit accused her of taking more than $463,000 from the horse-industry program and using it for improvements to her house, as well as dozens of personal purchases, ranging from a motorcycle to lingerie.
The audit said that Ward regularly used the university-issued credit card of her boss in the College of Business, signed his name, created fake PayPal accounts for vendors the program did business with and doctored invoices so they would be paid with less scrutiny.
Ward was paid $42,000 a year at U of L.
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