The bad news for Florida A&M continues.
New FAMU athletic director Angela Suggs turned herself into the Leon County jail Monday to face charges of fraud and larceny, according to a report by Tallahassee television station WCTV.
A Leon County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson told the station that Suggs faces warrants for alleged fraud and larceny following a Florida Department of Law Enforcement investigation.
Suggs was named athletic director last September. Suggs’ previous position was president and CEO of the Florida Sports Foundation. During her seven-year tenure, the foundation secured two Super Bowls (2020 and 2021) and a current three-year run of Pro Bowl games (2023, 2024, and 2025).
According to the Leon County Sheriff’s Office Website, Suggs charges are one count grand theft larceny of more than $20,000 and less than $100,000, one count fraud to swindle or obtain property under $20,000 and four counts of fraud for travel expense claims.
The investigation began in November 2024 after FDLE received a criminal referral from the Florida Department of Commerce’s Inspector General with an audit of Suggs’ FSF business credit card purchases and corresponding travel reimbursements. The FSF is a direct-support organization operating under the Florida Department of Commerce, according to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.
“The investigation revealed that Suggs misused her FSF-issued credit card to make wire transfers and cash withdraws and personal purchases at casinos during business trips, totaling more than $24,000. She then falsified travel vouchers, coding the unauthorized charges as meals. When asked about the unauthorized charges, Suggs claimed some were for business meals and others were accidentally charged to the business card. She failed to fully repay FSF for her personal expenditures.”
Interim FAMU President Timothy Beard told the Tallahassee Democrat in a statement that he was “aware of the allegations involving our athletics director, Angela Suggs, while she was working with a former employer. While the matter is unrelated to her duties as an employee at FAMU, we are monitoring the situation and will respond in the future as appropriate.”
