SYCAMORE – Indictments were filed last week against the nine people charged in connection with the coffee fund investigation.

The coffee fund allegedly was an off-the-books repository for proceeds from the sale of Northern Illinois University-owned scrap metal and other materials that NIU officials have said was used for retirement parties and other office expenses.

Records from local scrap metal company DeKalb Iron and Metal Co. show the fund received more than $13,000 since 2005, although it apparently had existed long before that. The coffee fund held $2,187 when it was closed in August, NIU officials have said.