Ex-UTC employee charged with stealing from Harvard

A former University of Tennessee at Chattanooga employee who resigned last week is facing charges that she and an accomplice stole more than $100,000 while working at Harvard University School of Law.

UTC spokesman Chuck Cantrell said that Darris Saylors resigned her position at UTC on Feb. 28. She had been in a temporary position with the university since August 2016, he said.

According to a criminal complaint obtained by CBS News’ Boston affiliate, Saylors, 32, and Meg DeMarco, 33, took money from an account intended to help students with disabilities.

The two women then spent the money to buy dozens of laptops, iPads, DVDs, jewelry and several X-rated items, the station said. All told, the women took more than $110,000, according to CBS.

Both women resigned from their positions in the Dean of Students office at the law school.

According to CBS, Saylors is accused of purchasing items online including purses, clothing, and jewelry. Investigators allege she used the dean of students’ purchasing card to buy sex

toys, and then hid the purchases by changing the descriptions in budget documents.

Saylors’ position at UTC did not include procurement or budget responsibilities, UTC spokesman Cantrell said.

“We have looked at expenses since August 2016 and have found no indications of anything inappropriate,” he said.

A Harvard Law School spokesman said the criminal charges resulted from a financial audit at the school. Saylors did not respond to a request for comment, CBS News said.

She and Demarco are set to be arraigned in court in Cambridge on Wednesday.