As the investigation into the Roslyn School District embezzlement scandal deepens, more eye-opening revelations continue to be made public.

One finding by Nassau County officials concerns alleged check-paying procedures. Another has to do with two British vacations taken by Dr. Frank A. Tassone, the district's former superintendent.

The Nassau County District Attorney's office recently filed court papers, which claimed that checks written to school vendors for the Roslyn district went, in fact, to credit card bills. Published reports said that Dr. Tassone compiled most of the bills.

The court papers claim that up to 178 checks were allegedly embezzled by school district officials. Such activity took place between May 2000 and August 2002. Published reports noted that the checks totaled $1.1 million and went to pay for furniture, jewelry, meals, hotels, cruises, and airline tickets, plus rent for Dr. Tassone's Manhattan apartment and bills from a local dry cleaner. County prosecutors believe there is up to $7.8 million in suspicious expenses to be examined.

In addition, court papers contend that Dr. Tassone, once he learned he would be arrested, attempted to hide his assets by transferring $300,000 into a securities account, one that had been opened in his two sisters' names.

Once he was implicated in the scandal, a state Supreme Court justice froze Dr. Tassone's assets. Some of the assets of his sisters have also been frozen.

In addition, investigators have unearthed travel records from Majestic Travel, a Lindenhurst travel agency that reveals two trips made to Great Britain by Dr. Tassone. One trip took place in 2001. Published reports did not reveal the date of the other trip. The total bill for the two trips was $52,767.48. Published reports state that Dr. Tassone traveled on the Concorde and once in London, stayed at a $1,800-per night hotel suite. All bills, court records claim, were paid by the Roslyn School District.

On June 4, Dr. Tassone was relieved of his duties as superintendent by the school board, mainly over conflict of interest between Dr. Tassone and WordPower, word processing company that had been a vendor for the school district since 1993.

One month later, on July 6, Dr. Tassone was charged in First District Court in Hempstead on charges of grand larceny, first degree. Dr. Tassone pleaded not guilty to such charges and was released on a $50,000 bond. The grand larceny charges are a Class B Felony and punishable by up to 25 years in prison.

County investigators continue to tell the media that similar charges against more district employees and contractors could be in the offering. So far, only one other former district employee, Pamela Gluckin has been charged. On Sept. 20, Ms. Gluckin will appear in Nassau County Criminal Court in Mineola as part of grand larceny charges brought earlier against her.