A Georgia Tech professor is under investigation for alleged misappropriate spending.
Roozbeh Kangari, a professor in the College of Architecture, told Channel 2 Actions News he's done nothing wrong and is cooperating with authorities.
The allegations include theft from the university, and the state attorney general's office has asked the Georgia Bureau of Investigation to conduct a criminal investigation, according to the report.
"It has to do with misappropriation of funds that were designated to maybe other areas," GBI spokesman John Bankhead said.
State records show Kangari's travel costs totaled $14,883 in 2006. In 2007, it jumped $20,153. It more than doubled in 2008 and 2009 to $44,130 and $44,278. Then in 2010, it was back down to $13,995 again. Kangari said it was all for seminars or other business trips.
The attorney general's office has conducted at least six investigations involving Georgia Tech employees during the past two years.
The university declined to comment because it is an active investigation, a spokesman told the AJC Thursday.
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