Even in Silicon Valley, you can't expense tuition

Mary Jane Irwin — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 14:00:57 EDT

It's easy to get a little expense report-happy when faceless shareholders are footing the bill, but $90,000? That's no round of after-work drinks. Bernadette Escue allegedly wracked up these exorbitant fees on her Network Appliance corporate card. A travel manager at the Sunnyvale data center, Escue came under suspicion on allegations of wire fraud after a $12,000 tuition charge for San Francisco's Drew Preparatory School showed up on the corporate tab.

Gawker: valleywag, network appliance

Even in Silicon Valley, you can't expense tuition