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Federal Financial Aid Fraud Scheme: Apex School of Theology Sham University

Posted on December 16, 2022May 17, 2023 By CorruptionLedger No Comments on Federal Financial Aid Fraud Scheme: Apex School of Theology Sham University

Five individuals were sentenced yesterday for conspiring to defraud the U.S. Department of Education’s financial aid programs of over $12 million in federal funds.
According to court documents, from around August 2010 through May 2018, the defendants created and ran an elaborate sham university – the Columbus, Georgia, satellite campus of Apex School of Theology (Apex Columbus). Anderson, the former Director of Apex Columbus, enrolled hundreds of individuals who were not qualified and who had no desire to obtain a theological education to pose as students. The defendants and their co-conspirators then worked together to fraudulently complete financial aid applications in students’ names and to complete students’ homework and exams. After falsely ensuring that the sham students would receive federal financial aid, the defendants either stole student financial aid refund checks or required students to cash their aid checks and provide a portion to the co-conspirators. During the course of the conspiracy, the Department of Education issued approximately $12 million in fraudulently procured financial aid.

All five defendants were also ordered to pay, jointly and severally, $11,821,022 in restitution to the Department of Education.Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Polite, Jr. of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division; U.S. Attorney Peter D. Leary for the Middle District of Georgia; Special Agent in Charge Keri E. Farley of the FBI Atlanta Field Office; Special Agent in Charge Reginald J. France of the Department of Education Office of Inspector General (ED-OIG), Southeastern Regional Office; and Special Agent in Charge James E. Dorsey of the IRS Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) made the announcement.The FBI, ED-OIG, and IRS-CI investigated the case.Assistant Chief Leslie S. Garthwaite and Trial Attorneys Siji Moore, Spencer Ryan, and Matt Kahn of the Criminal Division’s Fraud Section prosecuted the case, with valuable assistance from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Georgia.

Name, Age
Residence
Sentence

Sandra Anderson, 63
Hampton, Georgia
108 months in prison

Three years of supervised release

Yolanda Brown Thomas, 51
Columbus, Georgia
63 months in prison

Three years of supervised release

Kristina Parker, 35
Stone Mountain, Georgia
Four years in prison

Three years of supervised release

Erica Montgomery, 49
Fort Mitchell, Alabama
51 months in prison

Three years of supervised release

Leo Frank Thomas, 56
Phenix City, Alabama
Three years in prison

Three years of supervised release

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https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/five-individuals-sentenced-12-million-federal-financial-aid-fraud-scheme

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