A former Information Technology director at Southern University pleaded guilty in federal court on Thursday to making fraudulent computer purchases that cost the university more than $157,000. Scott D. Woodall admitted to setting up shell companies with Parviz Sharifrazi, an engineering professor at Southern, in a scheme that began in early 2008 and continued throughout December 2009. According to Mr. Woodall, the men conspired to order high-cost equipment for the university that they substituted with cheaper equipment. Mr. Sharifrazi has been missing since the two men were
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