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Ex-Obama White House aide arrested, accused of stealing from charter schools Mychael Schnell © YouTube Ex-Obama White House aide arrested, accused of stealing from charter schools A former Obama White House aide was arrested Tuesday and is accused of stealing more than $200,000 from a charter school network he founded. Seth Andrew, 42, who served as a senior adviser in the Obama administration, was charged with one count of wire fraud, one count of money laundering and one count of making a false statement to a bank, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of N...

By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – A former White House education adviser under President Barack Obama was arrested on Tuesday and charged with stealing about $218,000 from a charter school network he founded in order to get a cheaper mortgage for a $2 million Manhattan apartment. Seth Andrew, 42, who founded Democracy Prep Public Schools in Manhattan in 2005, was charged with wire fraud, money laundering and making a false statement to a bank. Timothy Doherty, a lawyer for Andrew, said his client will plead not guilty. Bail was set at $500,000 at a brief hearing in Manhattan fede...

(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...

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Ex-Obama Adviser Charged With Charter School Fraud Law360 (April 27, 2021, 1:20 PM EDT) -- A former education official in the Obama administration was arrested and charged Tuesday with stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from a charter school network he co-founded, purportedly to get a better deal on a mortgage for a Manhattan apartment. Prosecutors say Seth Andrew, 42, used his association with New York City-based Democracy Prep Public Schools to steal $218,005 from the charter network's bank accounts and attempted to cover up the theft by disguising the fu...

Obama White House Adviser Arrested For Stealing Over $200K From Charter Schools Former White House adviser Seth Andrew / YouTube Screenshot Alex Nester • April 27, 2021 4:50 pm SHARE An adviser to former president Barack Obama was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from a New York City public charter school system he founded. Seth Andrew, former senior adviser to the White House in the Office of Educational Technology, is charged with wire fraud, money laundering, and lying to a bank, according to the Justice Department. Andrew allegedly embe...