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6 Alabama school officials charged with fraud, conspiracy in $7 million virtual schools scheme Updated Feb 23, 2021; Posted Feb 23, 2021 The Frank M. Johnson Jr. Federal Building and United States Courthouse in Montgomery. (Mike Cason/mcason@al.com) Facebook Share This story has been updated. Six Alabama educators have been indicted in a years-long, lucrative fraud and conspiracy scheme involving virtual schools throughout the state. Federal prosecutors say officials in Athens City Schools and Limestone County Schools, including two former superintendents, conspired to get more state funding by pretending to enroll full-time private students into the systems’ virtual schools. The two school districts were improperly paid around $7 million in state education funding for the 2016-17 and 2017-18 school years, according to federal officials. ....
By The Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) Two former north Alabama school superintendents are among six people facing charges including conspiracy, fraud and identity theft in an alleged scheme to illegally boost school funding, court documents unsealed Tuesday show. Former Athens school Superintendent Trey Holladay and former Limestone County Superintendent Tom Sisk were indicted by a federal grand jury in Montgomery, court records showed. So was Holladay’s wife, retired Athens teacher Deborah Irby Holladay. The other three who were charged include former Athens High principal William Richard Carter Jr., who also oversaw virtual learning programs for the system; former Marengo Academy football coach David Webb Tutt; and Gregory Earl “Greg” Corkren, a retired teacher. Both Tutt and Corkren were identified as longtime friends of Holladay. ....