U of I professor profited almost one million dollars of school funds into personal account

IOWA CITY, Iowa– According to the State Auditor’s Office, a University of Iowa employee helped himself to nearly one-million dollars in university funds over the last four years.

State Auditor Rob Sand says former physics and astronomy machine shop manager Brian Busch used the money for his personal business. According to the audit Busch deposited more than $943,000 into his own account.

Busch is also accused of using a university-issued credit card to pay for more than $6,000 in personal expenses. Sand says the incident is part of a pattern at the University of Iowa.

“This is at least the fourth report issued by our office since 2017 involving conflicts of interests by university staff at the University of Iowa, a fifth is in the works,” said Sand.

The University of Iowa placed Busch on administrative leave in September of 2021, and fired him just last month.

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