Former technology consultant accused of stealing $3.6 million from New York City schools

From The New York Times: Aided by lax oversight and by corporations that profited from his scheme, a former technology consultant stole $3.6 million over six years from the New York Cityschool systemto finance flashy cars and real estate speculation. Willard Lanham, 58, has surrendered to federal authorities on charges of mail fraud and theft from a billion-dollar school-wiring and Internet-access project financed partly by the federal government. Lanham, who was being paid $200,000 a year by the city, used layers of contractors and subcontractors to hide his scheme, and each of them profited a little from it, according to federal prosecutors.