Former Charter School Officials to Go on Trial For Financial Crimes in Oklahoma

Published on March 24, 2024

Two Oklahoma businessmen will be in court in Oklahoma City on Monday on charges that they bilked taxpayers out of millions of dollars through a charter school they controlled. David Lee Chaney and Benjamin Scott Harris, former heads of Epic Charter Schools in Oklahoma, are facing 15 criminal counts. They include racketeering, embezzlement, using a computer system or computer network to execute a scheme to defraud, presenting false claims to the state, acquiring unlawful proceeds in excess of $50,000, obtaining money by false pretenses, and money laundering. Joshua Brock, the charter school’s former CFO, has reportedly reached an agreement with prosecutors and will testify for the state....

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