Former Obama White House advisor, 42, is arrested for 'stealing $218,000 from the Democracy Prep charter school network that he founded and using it to buy a luxury Manhattan apartment' Seth Andrew, 42, the founder of Democracy Prep, was arrested in Manhattan on wire fraud, money laundering and false statement charges Attorney Michael Yaeger said Andrew, 42, will plead not guilty to the charges Andrew is accused of stealing $218,000 from the schools he helped create US Attorney Audrey Strauss said he then used money to obtain a better interest rate on a mortgage for a $2.3million Manhat...