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August 30, 2005

Former voucher school official found guilty in theft from school

A jury found the former chief financial officer of one of Milwaukee's first voucher schools guilty of 15 charges connected to the theft of up to $750,000 from the school, reports the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

The criminal complaint filed against the school official says he diverted hundreds of thousands of dollars into two accounts, and wrote checks to himself, to his other businesses, and to a contractor who worked on his house.

Little wonder that the state recently has moved to exert more oversight on the voucher program, which has suffered from several scandals.

Posted August 30, 2005 10:19 AM