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Angela Aurora Rodriguez, 46, is charged with misusing Utah State University funds.

She allegedly made over $5,200 in unauthorized purchases and $20,000 in false mileage reimbursements.

Rodriguez was fired April 1, 2024, and has not reimbursed the school, prosecutors said.

BLANDING — A New Mexico woman who was employed by Utah State University is facing charges accusing her of using school money for personal travels.

Angela Aurora Rodriguez, 46, of Carlsbad, New Mexico, was charged Tuesday in 7th District Court with theft by deception, misusing public money and communications fraud, all second-degree felonies.

In 2023, Rodriguez was working as a recruiter for the USU-Blanding campus in southern Utah while she lived in New Mexico.

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