密歇根新闻广播 MSU尚未解释"欺诈性索赔"

 

Michigan State University has stopped payments to sexual abuse victims because of suspicion of possible fraudulent claims.

The $10 million fund was set up earlier this year to pay for counseling services for the survivors¹ of abuse by former MSU sports physician Larry Nassar.

Matt Mencarini is with a reporter with Lansing State Journal. He broke the story of the halted funds earlier this week. Mencarini joined Stateside's Lester Graham to explain why exactly MSU suspended these funds.

On Tuesday, the firm MSU paid to administer the fund raised concerns of fraud to the university, and asked the university for guidance in handling the issue.

MSU instructed the firm to halt all payments made to the fund while an investigation² gets underway. Mencarini said MSU has not explained this decision.

"They (MSU) decided³ to halt the program, or halt any money out of it, until they can figure out what happened," Mencarini said. "There's really no timeline for how long that investigation might take, and there's really no additional information from the university at this point — what the nature of those fraud concerns was, and what vetting⁴ they were doing for the month that this program and fund had been in use."

This post was written by Stateside production assistant Sophie Sherry.

1 survivors   

幸存者，残存者，生还者( survivor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The survivors were adrift in a lifeboat for six days. 幸存者在救生艇上漂流了六天。
• survivors clinging to a raft 紧紧抓住救生筏的幸存者

2 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

3 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

4 vetting   

n.数据检查[核对，核实]v.审查（某人过去的记录、资格等）( vet的现在分词 )；调查；检查；诊疗

参考例句：

• Scripts had to be submitted to Ministry of Information officials for vetting. 必须把脚本提交给信息部官员审查。 来自互联网
• Their purpose in clicking deeper into a site is one of vetting. 他们深入点击网站的目的是一种诊疗。 来自互联网