Ex-NIC Official Bekken Posts Bail

Former North Idaho College financial aid director Joseph M. Bekken could face additional charges, including lying to a federal agent and misusing federal funds, as investigators dig deeper into his alleged scheme to entice students to have sex in exchange for college aid. A Kootenai County judge lowered Bekken’s bond to $25,000 from $100,000 this morning, even as a prosecutor said Bekken is suspected of using federal financial aid to buy photographs from a woman. Bekken, 36, later was released from the Kootenai County Jail. He is charged with five felonies, including attempting to procure a prostitute, attempting to misuse public money and bribery using scholarship money from NIC’s private nonprofit foundation/ Scott Maben , SR. More here.

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