Charter school founder accused of stealing funds
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Federal prosecutors say a former education adviser for the Obama administration stole more than $200,000 from a network of charter schools he founded.
Seth Andrew, previously the superintendent of Democracy Prep Public Schools, a network of charter schools with locations in five states, was accused Tuesday of stealing the money from school escrow accounts and using the funds to get a discount on a mortgage for an apartment in New York City. Prosecutors said the accounts had been funded with money from the New York City Department of Education. Andrew is charged with one count of wire fraud, one count of money laundering and one count of making a false statement to a bank.Washington — The Supreme Court on Friday said it will consider the constitutionality of the Federal Communications Commission's Universal Service Fund, agreeing to review a lower court decision that upended the mechanism for funding programs that provide communications services to rural areas, low-income communities and schools, libraries and hospitals.
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