4 More CUSD Coaches Implicated in Kickback Scheme

The names of four more coaches allegedly involved in a complicated kickback scheme have been released as a result of a public records request by the Orange County Register:

Four high school coaches in the Capistrano Unified School District accused of receiving $15,850 in coaches' apparel via an elaborate kickback scheme involving an athletic supply company were formally disciplined and reinstated last year, according to newly released district documents.

Tesoro High School wrestling and surfing coach Ken Workman and San Clemente High School assistant football coaches Ken Goldstone, Jeff Veeder and Joe Wood attempted to "distort" orders placed with now-defunct Lapes Athletic Team Sales of Laguna Hills and received "unauthorized purchases" from the company, according to written reprimand letters placed in their personnel files...

Read the rest of Scott Martindale's article here.