Professor Spent $400K of CA State Funds on Cameras for Instagram Posts

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Professor Spent $400K of CA State Funds on Cameras for Instagram Posts
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An audit of a UC Irvine professor found that he spent $404,000 of state funds over the course of several years to purchase camera equipment he used to make posts on Instagram and to sell prints on his personal website.

An audit of a University of California professor found that he spent $404,000 of state funds over the course of several years to purchase camera equipment he used to make posts on Instagram and to sell prints on his personal website.

Zhou blew the whistle, though it seemed as though things moved slowly or not at all. The University appears to have handled the situation internally and quietly. In fact, the audit report that the University ordered in response to the allegations remained sealed until theauditor’s report The audit report notes that the original complaint was provided to UC Irvine in 2014, but that “no one at UCI took action to address the allegations.”

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