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Niles-Based Education Firms and Executives Indicted in Alleged $33 Million Fraud; Bribes Allegedly Paid to Four School Officials

CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–April 28, 2014.  The federal government and more than 200 public school districts in 19 states, including Illinois, were defrauded of more than $33 million by two Niles–based companies and two of their executives, who purported to provide government-funded tutoring services to low-income students, according to a federal indictment announced today. The father and son executives were also charged with paying bribes to three school officials in Texas and one state education official in New…

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