FAMU Leaders Involved in SCAM $237M donation must RESIGN or be FIRED | Roland Martin
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- FAMU Leaders Involved in scam $237M donation must resign or be fired
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An incoming first time student will be vetted more intensive than this guy
What you said!!!
Ooooooo you preaching
The new board member is spot on! For this to happen without the full board or the executive committee is telling.
Yes indeed! Investigate further for possible corruption/collusion 👀
We have a right to be angry. This is no time for incompetence.
vetting is actually an easier task to handle, which makes this even more egregious..
This is beyond incompetence..
The dude whispers under his MASK, " I can't believe these ninjas fell for this BS, lol."
Hahahahahaha
Will he say under his breath in prison, I didn't drop the soap lol
Funny.
He’s shifty eyed
😂😂😂😂
Letting him do a commencement speech is insane! That’s how you know they didn’t vet him. I feel like this was some type of setup.
Why did he sign an NDA before his due diligence.
Right. First of all, you learn not to sign a thing on behalf of an organization without Counsel’s review.
Because he is a greedy, slavish old man who thought he might be able to skim or was promised a fee for making it happen.
Dam FAMU. How could you fall for this without questioning this large type of donation?
Thirsty for money.They should have vetted Larry Robinson because the dude looks crazy.
@@lavondawaters9560 he needs to retire
Greed
they didn't fall for anything they always do this - it has a decade long history of "financial mishaps" This cycle of fire the board or president to scapegoat financial fraud has been in play for a while now.
Seems like a lawyer should have been involved from jump, this dollar amount alone should have triggered a high level of legal scrutiny and vetting.
Agreed. Nothing should be signed on behalf of an organization without Counsel’s review.
Gerami needs to be outted in detail on behalf of all the other 15 Universities who he tried to harm. FAMU needs to release all details, and this kid should go to prison
It's not about Gerami here. This is about school administrators dropping the ball. Plus send the black man with obvious issues to Prison, sure that's the solution. SMH
He has been outed. But prison ain't the place for him.
Does he have mental issues??@@TheTomBrown
This absolutely about Germani. He should get the help he needs & then he should go to prison. In a civilized society that is the only solution for a person like him, or should he come live with you or your family.
Nah this lands on the university. There should have been investigations, double, triple and quadruple checks of this agreement PRIOR to graduation and any acceptance. On top of that, the agreement wasn't fully executed! That's BAD BUSINESS all the way around. Had they done their due diligence like they should have, Gerami would have never gotten that far in the process. Heads need to roll
THE LOVE OF MONEY IS THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL!!!.
No it's not. Evil intentions is the root.
In this case it was the need for money. Black colleges are underfunded compared to white ones, and it's not because the white colleges are better at educating
In the case of HBCUs, it's more so that the DESPERATE need for money leads to people making DESPERATE decisions.
Doesn't excuse the reckless breakdown in procedure at all. Still, it's important to figure out how we got here
They gotta stop the cronyism too. Put new, qualified individuals in these C-suite roles.
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The level of incompetence is unreal here. The fact that NO one sounded the alarm is unbelievable. This goes to a sign of desperateness of this university. The university wanted this money so bad that they didn't want to believe that this guy was a fraud. The level of embarrassment is monumental.
Fire that University President immediately and whomever else was involved with this.
It’s called greed 😡
I don't know if it's greed or desperation.
@@mamilove7998 From my point of view it’s either greed or ignorant at this point I’m leaning towards both.
More like calling it stupidity!🤦🏾♀️
I knew this was a scam; just didn't pass the smell test. The fact that this dude spoke at the commencement is insane! So embarrassed for FAMU. I agree with Roland, heads need to roll! Smh.
This is embarrassing, we ALL SHOULD KNOW...IF IT SOUND TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE, IT'S B.S.💯
Our Black Men love to scam ther OWN COMMUNITIES STILL IN 2024. I see so many scams on LINKEDIN WITH BLACK MALE FACES, SELLING FAKE COACHING AND OTHER FAKE INVESTMENT SCAMS. DISGUSTING, BLACK MEN WANT TO LEAD, WELL DR. ROBINSON SHOWS A LARGER PROBLEM!
facts..aint no random N that nobody knows dropping no durn 237 million out the blue
@ljgil850 bro there isn't a N WE KNOW, THAT'S DROPPING 237 MILLION on anyone!
This is a huge auditing issue. The president & others involved didn't follow their own internal controls. They may have opened Pandora's box on being audited.
The FAMU board members involved went out and publicly SHOWED THEIR A**! I didn't go to FAMU, but being a USAF veteran I do know that it's impossible to trust any leader who shows this level of incompetence. They need to get gone! (sadly, it will not wash away the embarrassment that has been put out there for all to see😞)
Imagine your punishment being to quit or be fired 😂
He’ll still get his contract paid out.
Dr. Robinson makes $600k annually!!!
They saw the dollar signs and nothing else!😢😢
this is FOOLERY
Can’t even charge him with fraud because he never signed contract smdh highly educated people get scam sometimes u need a little street knowledge not just books
Has my mother heard, in a commencement speech back in the 1950s you may have a college degree without common sense those degrees don't add up. College degrees are worth a lot without common sense it is so easy to get scammed.
No words! Absolutely speechless!! No background checks on a $238 million gift thats wild!!
It’s bad enough FAMU allowed themselves to be played like this but the fact this took place over a matter of MONTHS makes this inexcusable.
That was absolutely stupid!! That president’s explanation didn’t make any sense whatsoever 😳😳 Nobody googled or asked Alexa👀👀 How embarrassing. He needs to resign immediately.
Lmao not ask Alexa 😭
Ed Reed was right about FAMU's leadership.
Right! Everytime I run across someone that is doing something big I google them, lol!!This man is giving a huge donation and nobody at all went down the rabbit hole. That's wild!
lol facts.. some random N that nobody knows drops a 237 million donation..FAMU: oooh sounds legit
@@thar7347 what he say
Why did the President honor a NDA? No concern of someone money laundering through your institution.
Exactly! If no fear of money-laundering triggered by such a request on a deal that’s missing a vital signature (bet he was pressured by Gerami or was offered a fee to make it happen. Or both-that was the money he was afraid to loose. Listen here, if it turns a blind eye like a crook, makes excuses like a crook, flouts procedure like a crook…WHELP!
The mask under the nose, and that cheap, orange shirt from Burlington Coat Factory that comes with a tie and handkerchief said he doesn’t have that kind of wealth. The collar of the shirt is curling!🤦🏾♂️ …signed an NDA, but nothing to disclose. C’mon!
No Burlington Coat Factory slander will be tolerated!!😅🤣😅
There's no excuse for this type of embarrassment. The board definitely needs to fire the president. If the board chair is involved needs also to resign or be fired.
Roland's face 😂
My fellow black Americans continue to shoot ourselves in the foot. STOP LIVING OFF TITLES!
The President about to lose his job! This is embarrassing.
Tbh I dont think they were going to renew his contract in the fall 2024 semester when it ends.
😂😂😂. The Bio. The boy said he was born hooked on opioids. Have mercy. They announcing weed like it’s the biggest most reputable industry in the world. Come on people. He centered the birth of his journey in his Bio on drugs. They got punked. Somebody sent that man there. It’s obvious. They ignored all the red flags because they saw a number. A number with nothing behind it. 😂
He has a You tube in his name with videos of him as a teen....
It was supposedly hemp not weed, but this is absolutely crazy.
I’m a ex opiate addict. To my knowledge there is no such thing as being born addicted to opiates. The fact he said that makes me think all he knows is lies.
He should go to prison for fraud and anyone else involved.
It would depend on what the conditions were for the gift. I can promise you anything doesn't mean I have to come through with it. This guy may have not committed a crime in Florida.
his sevond time
Beyond negligence for sure.
Did he do anything as a result of his fraud other than give a speech (if not, I think prison is kind of extreme)? Unfortunately, this story is not about the liar, it's more about the school's response. The people in charge that allowed this to happen should have stepped down.
@@roccoelleto9900he might not of committed any crime unfortunately because he was giving the value of his company stock so is it illegal if someone to just make up what a share goes for and it’s a donation instead of him actually getting something in return for these bs shares. I’m sure there’s something illegal but I don’t know how extreme it will be.
SHE JUST READ THEM THEIR RIGHTS. WILLFUL BLINDNESS. THEY CAN GO TO JAIL FOR THAT!
They should have vetted him better!
They should've vetted him at ALL!
I attended 2 HBCUs & I am upset.. I have never seen a check with numbers "taped" on it to me that should have been a flag.
This incompetent Person is supposed to be Educated, an investigation is needed fast.
The board chair and president both need to go after that they need to weed out those who could have stopped this before it went public. FAMU is governed by the Florida legislature and those Republicans are in the process of taking control of FAMU and disbanding the whole black governing body, like they are doing in other states. Mark my words Florida Republicans are eyeing FAMU's money.
Nope, no one wants to take control of an HBCU with 10,000 students and a graduation rate of 50%. It's a terrible business.
Don't forget to include Friday-Stroud in the firings. She is the Dean of the School of Business and Industry.
No fooling 🤣🤣👋 SMH. But be careful DeSantis might close FAMU down
😅@@ejharrisjr40
@@crubie3That’s exactly why they would take control of the university. Either that or they will continue to underfund FAMU as they have been doing for decades as they have done other HBCUS. If anything they’ll try to dismantle the institution and turn it into an institution representative of themselves. The same thing is happening at TSU. One mistake and it’s over
Elephant in the room - if you got Ron DeSantis in charge of your state you can’t screw up like this. Now imagine the conversations when they have to go to the state for 💰
Absolutely! Considering how that guy operates, it may be a long time before they get anything from the state.
This whole ordeal sounds like an episode on one of those “prank shows”, but this is no joke. I really feel bad for the students & faculty at FAMU. The administrators; not so much. What a bunch of idiots…🤡🤡🤡 Btw, this Gerami (I’ll bet that’s not even his real name) character must be a honors graduate of Trump University…😡
I’m shocked at how naive some black folks are!
What ?
Anybody can be naive. Most people would be blinded by this many zeros.
Most people would be blinded by this many zeros.
@@reedaharris1341Nope.
Not the share cropper shoes😂
This is so sad.
How the hell can you receive such a large sum of money and be restricted by an NDA agreement from telling your board or anybody else having fiduciary responsibility concerning it!!! NOT SO! Something wrong here.
Mr. Robinson, why was the gift given at commencement? The gift was not to write off the students’ tuition. They could have waited until some type of vetting took place legally.
They teach you in college that you should always check your research references and sources; it takes a good deal of work and time, Mr Roland I think you are 100% correct if this individuals did not donate that amount of money, then everyone is responsible for this they should be replaced with individuals with the correct credentials to do research.
Make it make sense. I'm so disappointed.
These people are our best and brightest, if they didn't know than they should have known!!!
Are they our best and brightest?
@@factthatdude4059hell no they nothing but brought off fraud black sorority members
This is so KRAZY!😢 What did he say to the graduates🎓! How could you do something so STUPID & be so GULLIBLE?!🤔 UNBELIEVABLE!😮🤦🏽♀️🥴
Where did this guy come from? That said he was making a donation and who sent him Very Suspicious he was sent by someone
I think so too! And they took the bait.
I agree!
He's a prankster, he's been doing this
All those educated people didn't do their job of due diligence of vetting this guy
Question: should this 'donation' have been VETTED before it was displayed publicly to avoid this kind of EMBARRASSMENT?
OF COURSE IT SHOULD HAVE!!.
Yes. Universities have Advancement departments that are in charge of fundraising, and analyze and vet all donations. Their job is usually to also investigate the legitimacy of the donation and donor. This was a massive institutional and governance failure by this school.
@@izzo2998 Here at 5:15 - Those departments and boards were excluded from this situation and weren't allow to investigate anything. They literally went AROUND them to try and get this through and blamed the "NDA" for the secrecy.
@@AlphaandOmegaHere Wow didn't catch that. Well that's a massive failure at the very top. They were intentionally being sketchy.
What you say, Roland..."Ouuuuu, Lawd, NO!" 😂🤣😂🤣But NOT laughing!
I am on the faculty at a PWI and recently awarded a 30,000 grant. Before I received a dime I had to go through multiple offices and people and general counsel had to approve it
That’s not the same as the institution’s foundation office receiving donations.
Why isn't anyone also talking about the part of the gift agreement that states an ADDITIONAL $61 million to be paid to the university over 10 years??? Lol. That's an additional $60 million dollars on top of the $237 million, for a total of damn near $300 million. And that goes to show just how absolutely ridiculous this whole thing was. And Nobody is talking about that.
The Gmail email address should have been the first clue
I wish these guests would stop peddling the racist trope that one Black person's failure reflects on all Black people. I'm a proud FAMU grad, but this is a reflection of Dr. Robinson and his staff, not HBCUs in general.
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237 million should ring the alarm right away. you can't lose what never had doc
This was embarrassing and obviously should have been kept quiet
Yep.
This type of foolishness is going to open a can of worms that they are not prepared for
The audits that are coming their way 🤦🏾♂️🤷🏽♂️
This is so sad… fake gift…. and the crook gave the commencement speech 😢😢😢
The fact that the individuals involved are being allowed to resign, and save face and their professional careers is insane. All individuals involved should be fired and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law!!!!☹️
They not resigning..
..them CpS workers going under the jail 😂😂😂😂 They should've walked away on January 16th but that January 17th knock on the door sealed their FATE!!!!!
A bad look for the "talented tenth".
"sharecropper shoes" 😂 🙌
What the hell was that screaming!!! Roland your Media Team needs to do better!!!😠
LOL--Roland received the video from the show Offscript, which is somehow loosely affiliated or somewhat adjacent to the Black Star Network. The Offscript show is a HBCU sports show featuring Southwest Athletic Conference schools, which includes FAMU. The host Abreon "Scottay" Scott is the one you hear yelling. He also had a little song going on in the background (called "I'm Scammin'") playing in the background as a joke.
As a graduate of FAMU, what does Andrew Gillam have to say on this debacle???!!!
This is so embarrassing for HBCUs, in general. Not just FAMU.
I disagree. This lies solely at FAMU's feet. Other HBCUs rejected his offer. FAMU owns this entirely.
Why should this be about HBCUs and not the leaders in question? The inability to understand nuance in people that makes comments on CZcams never fails to astound me.
What a weird take. You want to lump all the HBCUs in one category? As if Princeton and Yale and other colleges never had scandals and no I am not talking about the stuff this year.
@@Maxtee77 💯
Naw this is on FAMUs leadership, don't do that.
Greed
Desperate
Wow the level of incompetence is historical. I watch ads on investment opportunities and just out of curiosity I google them and read news articles and Wikipedia on them. Jobs should be lost if this man is a fraud
We have to be better, well-educated people
Exactly
He has a mask on only on his mouth, this should send a signal of a criminal.
The President shouldn't even consider signing any kind of document without a Legal review.
FAMU once double paid every student with 2 financial aid checks and allowed them to all be cashed. This is not a surprising situation. This is, unfortunately, the status quo at FAMU.
Shhh!!
They spent more time on how they were going to use the money versus researching where it came from.
TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY & MILES COLLEGE both declined the offers of this mentally impaired con artist, so why would a Black media outlet and their contributors adopt to mainstream "methods", and generalize HBCUs rather than practicing integrity, and discuss the leadership solely on Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University. The conversation can be made that some non-HBCU alumni leaders and presidents of HBCUs tend to be nonchalant, reckless, and lazy in their efforts, therefore, HBCUs are vulnerable to such outcomes. The conscious with integrity know that we would not be in this position if fair funding from the state level was appropriated. The most intelligent could look silly when bills are due and money is scarce.
University of Texas at Austin.... Not Texas A&M.
Anytime you have a NDA agreement and can't share it with your fellow workers should have raised red flags. I was taught all money isn't good money. When you have a board they needed to know to make sure it was legit. That was poor judgment and a signature wasn't connected should have told you something.
Board chair and president, clean out your office before Wednesday. This is embarrassing!
I live in Tally. Saw the announcement live. I immediately looked him up, his company etc, and saw it was fishy. Crazy.
That clapping they are all doing is ignorant, IGNORANT! I guess they don’t care where it comes from, as long as it comes. This is the truth America…everyone is so desperate, that they don’t let the left hand know what the right hand is doing, all the while winking, winking, winking! That money, coming in…has a leash tied to it!
They got bit by the snake 🐍! That check bounced. NSF 🏦
Where did the President find “ those” details about the fake donor to use in the introduction, Prez gotta go yesterday.
Hold them accountable, Roland! This makes all HBCUs look bad. Coming from a PVAMU grad.
Spelman doesn't look bad. Our donation was legit. 😂
I have been waiting on this!!
Let's just be honest an address the elephant in the room the NDA was used so some pockets could get fat
I totally agree with you, Roland!!!
This is an embarrassment beyond imagination.
This is why Africa suffers. The leaders are corrupt
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So is the USA. You don’t have to travel to Africa to see corruption. It’s right here, next door.
Embarrassing
Someone was trying to get paid low-key off of this deal. They were definitely being greedy.
Sir Roland, I concur! This is a colossal screw up!
The crazy part is when I saw this, the first thing I did was Google this guy and his net worth and saw nothing to believe he could donate over 237 million dollars. I'm embarrassed as a Famu Alumn.
Welp, better believe DeSantis gonna make sure heads roll by way of the BOG. Just wait for it. Surprised Larry didn’t get axed years ago after that retaliation lawsuit of those two whistleblowers.
DeSantis will definitely demagogue this. An opportunity to crap on black folks, it will be like Christmas.
That part!
This was one of the best Roland Martin Unfiltered podcast. Everyone should hear this episode. What happened to FAMU leaders is heartbreaking and it’s also a costly teachable moment. Roland broke it down like a chess player. Even I felt like I was in his classroom and had to revaluate how I do things with rating podcasts. The take alway, Money is the root of all evils. The mind is the devil’s playground. Choose to be authentic in everything you do, because mistakes are costly. Ricardo Authenticity Rating for this podcast is 10 out of 10. Roland Martin left even me feeling convicted in this episode. He made me rethink purpose. This was an eye opener. This is the podcast everyone should see.
This guy scammed a whole university.
They gave this Ninja the Presidents Award😂😂😂
THE WHOLE BOARD NEEDS TO GO
They should go to prison. Its fraud.
No it's not lol. Nothing was signed
@@dropsixteentvtv4149 Yes it is.
As a former HBCU leader I can saw this I couldn't even apply for a grant without vetting, you couldn't get a $5,000 travel advance without due diligence. There is NO WAY THE GENERAL COUNSEL, PRESIDENT AND VP believed someone is moving this kind of money and saying you can't tell your board and treasurer is on the up and up!
The back story and being money hungry hurts ALL HBCUS
A Signed NDA for a gift?
Federal & Tax Tax right-off shenanigans
This is some frackenackle-bull!
I see a financial audit in the board's future detailing a paper trail.
And we wonder why HBCUs get horrible football deals to play the big schools.