Additional Subpoenas issued at College of DuPage

Federal prosecutors have issued two subpoenas to the College of DuPage investigating three main areas: administrator expenses, contracts with the college’s fundraising foundation and credits awarded at the Glen Ellyn-based law enforcement academy, the Chicago Tribune is reporting.

This comes about two weeks after a grand jury issued three subpoenas related to spending at the college. Those were issued on March 31.

The school released the subpoenas in response to a Freedom of Information Act request from the Chicago Tribune.

“The College of DuPage and the College of DuPage Foundation are confident in the proper conduct of their affairs and will fully cooperate with any government investigation,” Randall Samborn, who has been hired to handle crisis communications for the school, told the Chicago Tribune.

The College of DuPage has been surrounded by scandal lately.

• In January, school board members voted to send the community college’s president Robert Breuder away with a $762,000 buyout. That was funded by taxpayers.
• Then there were the business dealings at the college radio station and a move to censure a board member.
• Earlier in March, it was revealed that nearly $200,000 was charged in food and liquor costs at the college’s fine dining restaurant, Waterleaf.
• And last week, the college allegedly awarded signage contracts to a foundation member without going to bid for the jobs.

On Monday, the former radio station employee pleaded not guilty to the charges he faces.