Indiana sues ex-virtual schools and officials for $154 million in alleged fraud

Indiana officials have filed suit against two defunct online charter schools and their officers for allegedly defrauding the state of $154 million by padding student enrollment.

State Attorney General Todd Rokita alleged that former officers and others related to the Indiana Virtual School and Indiana Virtual Pathways Academy fraudulently received and spent tuition paid to educate online students.

Last winter, a state audit covering eight years alleged that the schools dramatically inflated enrollment over their actual number of students, thus wrongly receiving more than $68 million in state payments.

https://in.chalkbeat.org/2021/7/12/22574499/indiana-sues-ex-virtual-schools-and-officials-for-154-million-in-alleged-fraud