Angela Adams Suggs, Florida A&M University’s vice president and Director of Athletics, and the former CEO of the Florida Sports Foundation (FSF), has turned herself into authorities. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) announced her arrest Monday. Suggs faces one felony count each of grand theft and scheme to defraud, and four misdemeanor counts of false claims on travel vouchers.
Suggs is accused of using her FSF-issued credit card to make wire transfers and cash withdrawals totalling more than $24,000. Officials say the charges were made at casinos while Suggs was on business trips. Investigators claim she misrepresented the spending as business meals.
When she was asked about the payments, Suggs said some were accidental charges to her business card. But officials say she failed to pay back FSF.
This investigation started in November of 2024 after the FDLE received a criminal referral from the Florida Department of Commerce’s Inspector General with an audit of Suggs’ FSF business credit card purchases.
In a statement, FAMU Interim President Timothy Beard says, "Florida A&M University is 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."
