Secretary busted for spending $6G of school's dough ratted out by granddaughter

Kevin Deutsch and Rachel Monahan New York Daily News 08/24/2010 16:30

Debbie Rizzo is accused of spending $6,200 in funds at Queens school.

Debbie Rizzo is accused of spending $6,200 in funds at Queens school.

A vengeful granddaughter ratted her out. Investigators busted a Queens school secretary for spending more than $6,200 meant for city students on extravagances like seven ceiling fans, flowers, car service trips and a washer and dryer, a report released Tuesday shows.

Debbie Rizzo's own flesh-and-blood tipped off school officials after granny stopped paying the then-14-year-old girl's cell phone bill, investigators found.

Since 2003, Rizzo racked up a lengthy list of unauthorized Amazon.com purchases on the account for Middle College High School at LaGuardia Community College, including a pink iPod docking station, a men's merino wool sweater and a wicker hamper.

Rizzo told probers "99.5%" of her Amazon purchases were for the school, while excusing her personal shopping spree as "accidental" and "a mistake in judgment," the report from Special Commissioner of Investigation Richard Condon says.

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