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Former Obama Adviser Pleads Guilty To Wire Fraud — Connected To Scheme To Steal From School Network

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Seth Andrew, a former Obama White House advisor, has pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud.

It was an alleged scheme to steal $218,000 from a school network.

The Hill reported:

A former White House adviser to former President Obama pled guilty to wire fraud on Friday in connection to an alleged scheme to steal $218,000 from a school network that he helped create.

“Seth Andrew, a former White House advisor, admitted today to devising a scheme to steal from the very same schools he helped create,” Southern District of New York U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said in a statement. “Andrew now faces time in federal prison for abusing his position and robbing those he promised to help.”

The 42-year-old founded Democracy Prep Public Schools in New York City in 2005,

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