Karen Pletz indicted for allegedly embezzling more than $1.5 million from Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences

A federal grand jury has indicted Karen Pletz, the former president and CEO of Kansas City University of Medicine and

Biosciences, for allegedly embezzling more than $1.5 million from the university.

Pletz, 63, was charged in a 24-count indictment that was unsealed today. She served as president and CEO of KCUMB and as a member of the university’s board of trustees from 1995 until December 2009. The feds allege that Pletz embezzled $1,525,791 from KCUMB in payments from the osteopathic medicine and life sciences school.