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A former Northern Arizona University postal services manager was indicted on six felony counts related to embezzlement from the university over a period of 16 years, the Arizona Auditor General’s office reported Monday.

Edwin Talley, who worked at NAU for about 37 years, is accused of stealing $354,902 between 1997 and 2013, according to a report released by Auditor General Debra Davenport. In the report, Davenport said Talley wrote 245 checks and made 12 purchasing card payments to two “fictitious vendors he created.”

According to the report, the embezzled money came mostly from state appropriations and students’ tuition and fees. Davenport also alleges Talley falsified some information in the university’s accounting software, submitted false invoices and fabricated credit card reports.

The missing money was discovered in 2012, when new accounting software was implemented at the university, as well as a review of all university purchasing card activity.

According to the report, Talley issued university money to two companies that were later found out to be fictitious, called Flag Mailing Products and Omega Supplies.