he Student Association has disavowed any involvement with charges of alleged credit card fraud facing former Director of Organizational Development Lonnie Pollard and former Senator Anthony Currie.

SA President Kevin Miller released a press release Wednesday stating that the actions of Pollard and Currie are “no longer the business of the Student Association.”

According to DeKalb police, warrants for unlawful use of credit cards were issued Friday for Pollard, Currie and five other NIU students, including former senators Richmond Clayton,Wendell “Danton” Floyd and Orlando Murrell, as well as two students not associated with the SA. The students allegedly found a credit card and charged $1,100 worth of merchandise on it at Target on or about Dec. 30.

As of Wednesday, none of the individuals involved turned themselves in or were arrested, said Lt. Jim Kayes of the DeKalb Police Department.

Pollard and Currie resigned from the SA Tuesday citing “personal reasons.”

Miller stated in the release that the incident was not related to the SA, but it resulted from the alleged actions of former SA members.

The press release also stated that Clayton, Floyd and Murrell abandoned their senate seats last semester. Brooke Robinson, SA director of public affairs, said they had failed to meet the SA’s attendance requirements.

SA members are allowed to miss three meetings without being removed from the senate, Robinson said.

Clayton, Floyd and Murrell all were absent at the Oct. 6 and Oct. 13 senate meetings. Floyd was absent for a third time on Nov. 17. Clayton and Murrell both were absent on Nov. 24 for a third time.

Robinson said these losses, combined with the fact that not enough senators were elected in the last election, puts the senate below its maximum total of 40 senators.

The SA began the process of appointing a new senator last semester and will continue the process to bring the numbers up this semester, Robinson said.