[bomp] radio station director to be sentenced

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metal and Norwegain death metal cd's he stole. yarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr,  awast ye 
swogs!

Seton Hall Radio Director Admits  Embezzlement


NEWARK, N.J. (1010 WINS)  -- A former director  of Seton Hall 
University's radio station admitted embezzling more than  $550,000 over 
a 13-year period, and faces five years in  prison.

Michael Collazo, 58, of Hampton, pleaded guilty Wednesday to  theft 
before Superior Court Judge Harold Fullilove.

"Mr. Collazo  abused his power as director, and let his greed get the 
best of him,'' said  First Assistant Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn 
Murray. "His deplorable  conduct cost him his reputable job and a 
significant amount of time behind  bars.''

Assistant Prosecutor Gail Gallagher said Collazo's scheme  involved 
embezzling more than $236,000 in underwriting money, and the  
unauthorized leasing of WSOU's two radio sub-frequencies.

Collazo  deposited the money into two of his business accounts and used 
it to pay for  personal expenses. The scheme ran from 1991 until 2004, 
when Collazo was  fired.

In 1991, Collazo entered into a lease agreement with Radio Verite,  a 
radio station that broadcasts to the Haitian community. It allowed  
Radio Verite to utilize one of WSOU's two sub-frequencies.

In 1999,  Collazo leased the second sub-frequency to EIES of NJ, an 
organization that  provides radio broadcasts for the blind. The lease 
payments from the two  agreements totaled nearly $350,000, but Seton 
Hall never received any of  it.

Seton Hall said its insurance policy had repaid the school for the  
money lost through Collazo's scams.

Collazo is due to be sentenced  Aug. 18.

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