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  With federal charges against Andrew and questions of ownership, Degrees of Freedom and Marlboro Music Festival still plan to open by C.B. Hall, Vermont Business Magazine Last week, residents of Marlboro, in the hills of Windham County, got big news – twice. On April 27, the US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York filed a criminal complaint against Seth Andrew, the motivating force behind Democracy Builders Fund, which purchased the campus of the defunct Marlboro College last July. On April 30, Degrees of Freedom, an innovative but non-accredited educational institution...

Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook.   MARLBORO — Degrees of Freedom, which hoped to welcome hundreds of students to Marlboro starting this fall, is delaying its opening. “We are taking a step back,” said Chandell Stone, CEO and co-founder of Degrees of Freedom. “We’re getting the lay of the land, seeing what needs to be done to make sure this project is viable. We hope to right this ship and we are hoping that people can give us the time and space to do that.” Co-founder Seth Andrew was arrested Tuesday morning and cited with wire fraud, money lau...

By Michael W. Chapman | April 28, 2021 | 12:36pm EDT Seth Andrew, 42, a former senior adviser to President Barack Obama. (Wikimedia Commons) (CNS News) -- Seth Andrew, a former senior adviser to President Barack Obama on education and civic technology, was arrested on Apr. 27 and charged with alleged wire fraud, money laundering, and the theft of $218,000 from a charter school network that he founded, reported the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York. Andrew, 42, also a former senior adviser in the U.S. Department of Education, is...

Former Bridge International Academies director charged with theft of school funds Shares Seth Andrew, who was also a senior advisor in the federal Office of Educational Technology under President Barack Obama, has been accused of wire fraud, money laundering, and making false statements to a financial institution. Seth is alleged to have wrongfully acquired more than Ksh. 21.6 million ($200,000) from his school so that he could get a better deal on an apartment. Andrew is also the former Global Director of policy and partnerships at Bridge International Academies which also operates in Kenya....

Former Obama White House adviser arrested for allegedly stealing over $200,000 from charter schools he founded A former White House senior adviser for the Obama administration who helped found a network of charter schools is accused of allegedly stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from the schools and attempting to launder the funds in order to get a lower interest rate on a mortgage for a Manhattan apartment, according to federal prosecutors. Seth Andrew was charged by prosecutors in the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York with wire fraud, money laundering, and...