Yale spokesperson Karen Peat told The Post Tuesday that “Ms. Tappe has been placed on leave.”
— including to build an $80,000 swimming pool — has been put on leave from her prestigious Yale University job, The Post has learned.
Following an investigation by state authorities and the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office, Tappe was indicted Monday for the six-year scheme in which she allegedly diverted $3.5 million in grant money into shell companies she created.The elite school did not respond to an inquiry asking if they checked Tappe’s references before hiring her. Yale also didn’t specify when exactly she was placed on leave and when the school was made aware of her alleged crimes.
She spent the money on home renovations and the construction of a swimming pool at her home on more than two acres of land in Westport, Connecticut, prosecutors in DA Alvin Bragg’s office claim.
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