Two nuns admit embezzling $500k for Vegas blowouts

The pair pocketed tuition fees and donations to Catholic school where they taught for decades

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Two nuns at a Catholic school in California have admitted embezzling around half a million dollars in donations to fund gambling trips to Las Vegas, according to their church.

Sister Mary Margaret Kreuper and Sister Lana Chang were “involved in the personal use of a substantial amount” of school funds over a “period of years”, the pastor of St James Catholic School, in the coastal city of Torrance, wrote in a letter to parents.

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