ST. LOUIS — A faculty member at the Washington University School of Medicine on Wednesday admitted embezzling about $412,000 from the school and used some of it to buy collectible trading cards, authorities said.

Dr. Gary Grajales-Reyes, an assistant professor of pathology and immunology, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to three counts of wire fraud, the U.S. attorney's office here said in a news release.

The news release said Grajales-Reyes submitted false requisition requests to the medical school for computer equipment which falsely claimed it was for his research laboratory at the school. Involved were internal and external hard drives and graphics cards.

WashU Medicine then bought and paid for the requested equipment from a vendor, which shipped it directly to the lab. The ne

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