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NEW YORK - The founder of a national charter school network who once served as a White House adviser under President Barack Obama was arrested Tuesday on charges alleging he stole over $200,000 from the network and used it to get a better interest rate on a multimillion-dollar apartment.
Harlem Charter School Founder Stole Over $200K, Feds Say - Harlem, NY - Seth Andrew, a former Obama White House aide and founder of the Harlem-based Democracy Prep charter school network, was arrested Tuesday.
Former Obama White House Adviser Charged With Stealing Over $200,000 From Charter School Chain He Founded A former White House adviser has been arrested and charged by the FBI with stealing $218,005 from charter schools he helped found. Seth Andrew, 42, served under former President Barack Obama as a senior adviser in the Office of Educational Technology. He was arrested on charges of wire fraud, money laundering, and making false statements to a financial institution. Federal prosecutors said that he used more than half of the allegedly stolen money to maintain his bank account above a thres...
(YouTube screen capture/The 74 A former official in the Obama administration was charged Tuesday with stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from a charter school he founded, and using the funds to help finance a luxury apartment in Manhattan. Seth Andrew, who served in the Obama White House and Department of Education, was arrested on Tuesday and charged with wire fraud, money laundering, and making false statements to a financial institution in connection with a series of banking transactions he conducted in 2019. Federal prosecutors allege that Andrew ripped off his own charter school...
Exclusive: Founder of NYC-based charter school chain accused of stealing $218,000+ Replay Video UP NEXT The founder of a chain of charter schools - based in New York - was arrested today on federal charges of stealing more than $218,000 from the school he started. Seth Andrew, who founded Democracy Prep charter school in 2005, allegedly took the funds from an escrow account - and used it to help him get a lower interest rate for a mortgage on a Manhattan apartment. Andrew left Democracy Prep in 2013 and worked at the White House as a senior advisor in the Office of Educational Technology. ...