UCSF Administrator Sentenced to 20 Months for $1.5M Tuition Fraud

Sandra Eileen Le misappropriated student tuition payments into her personal accounts, affecting UCSF's financial resources.

Sandra Eileen Le, a former UCSF academic program officer, was sentenced to 20 months in prison for diverting $1.5 million in student tuition payments to her personal bank accounts.
Le instructed students to make tuition checks payable to her, using the funds for personal luxuries and online gambling.
The fraud, occurring from November 2013 to March 2019, was uncovered during an internal audit initiated due to financial discrepancies.
Le has been ordered to pay at least $1,536,089.64 in restitution, with the exact amount to be determined at a later hearing.
UCSF has credited the affected students' tuition, taking on the financial loss and impacting its program resources.