College Admin Who Gave Students Scholarship Money In Exchange For Sex Gets Arrested

Is there anything that men will not do to get sex? It is a well-known fact that some men will a variety of tricks to seduce an attractive woman. There are stories of Managers and CEOs offering jobs and promotion in exchange for sex.If it’s got nothing to do with the workplace, then it’s either an offer for money or loans.

At North Idaho College, USA, one administrator in charge of student financial aid and sponsorships decided to seduce young women and men who are desperate to pay for their studies, by offering them scholarship money in exchange for sex. Mr. Joseph Bekken’s scholarship money for sex scheme got him fired and arrested by the police.

The 36-year old director was caught soliciting sex with a student after a police operation was set up to catch him in the act.

It is alleged that Joseph Bekken organized a meeting with a female student called “Sheryl Roberts” on 2 February to have sex with her. He took $587 from the financial aid funds to pay the student. In a message that was obtained by the police, Joseph explains to the student about his openness to have any type of sexual encounter, from oral sex to voyeurism and sexual intercourse.

The only difference is that Sheryl was not a real client, but a fake profile set up by the police to bust him. He responded to the message, but when he went to the venue of the planned sex encounter, he realized that it was a plot by the police. The police quizzed him about the incident but he was eventually arrested when they called him for the second time.

The Coeur d’Alene Community College, where Bekken was a financial administrator, has fired him. He faces charges for stealing college funds and engaging in prostitution.

The poor guy admitted to police that he has been soliciting sex through Craigslist for a long time, Craigslist is a popular online classified ads site that is used by many people in the United States. Most of his clients were males. It’s not the first time that Bekken has solicited sex, he admitted to doing the same thing when was employed by the Grand Canyon University in Phoenix, Arizona.

However, he began his scholarship cash for sex scheme when he moved to North Idaho College. He has been running the scheme since 2010, by posting an advert on Craigslist using the same template, which asks NIC students to email him for a discussion.

In order to bust him, police set up a sting operation on Craigslist, which involved a fake female profile. They exchanged messages with Bekken for a couple of weeks and one of the messages obtained by the undercover police includes an ending:  “….If this works, we can keep it going for future semesters”.

When he was arrested by the police, Bekken denied meeting any student.

Source – Spokesman [spokesman.com]

Photos – NYDaily News [nydailynews.com]