The former business administrator of a northwestern New Jersey school district has admitted embezzling about $70,000.
Kevin Mulligan pleaded guilty Friday to official misconduct and faces up three years in prison when he's sentenced Oct. 24. He also must pay full restitution to the Knowlton school district, will forfeit his pension and will be barred from public employment.
The 34-year-old Hasbrouck Heights resident admitted stealing the money by writing fraudulent checks against the district's bank accounts that were made payable to himself or to someone he owed money. But he entered them into the district's computer system as checks to various approved vendors or recipients.
Mulligan began working for the Warren County district in June 2013 and started his embezzlement scheme a month later. He resigned his post last December.
