NEW: Illinois school district teacher sentenced to 9 years in prison for stealing $1.5 million worth of chicken wings.
68-year-old Vera Liddell pulled off the chicken wing heist from July 2020 to February 2022.
Liddell would place orders for the wings with a food provider for the school district, bill the district, but would then keep the wings.
She ordered over 11,000 cases of wings.
The heist took place during the pandemic when schools were closed but some students would receive meal kits sent to their homes.
The scheme was revealed when someone at the district found the invoices which included wings with bones, something that is typically not served to students.
I think my favorite part is that 1.5 million dollars worth of chicken wings wasn't a red flag for any other reason than them having bones lol
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