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Occupational Fraud in Education
By: Tonya Mead, CFE, PI, MBA, MA Educational Psychology Today, NY Times continues its piece on Silicon Valley Billionaires Remaking America’s Schools. The dangers of super-sized donor influence in education have often been overlooked by federal and state regulators as it is believed that the benefits to society seem to outweigh the costs. However, Ms. […]
By: Tonya Mead, CFE, PI, MBA, MA Educational Psychology Computer information systems in the education sector remain susceptible to hacking by insiders and outsiders. Most often for financial gain, and for other times just to change a grade from “F” to “B.” Reasons why the incident at the University of Central Florida raises heightened alarms […]
By: Tonya Mead, CFE, PI, MBA, MA Educational Psychology Two districts within the largest school systems in the US; the Philadelphia Public School District, Pennsylvania and the Brooklyn District 188 in Illinois. are taking divergent paths to corrective action and future consequences for educators implicated in prior testing scandals. Allegations were made that a principal, […]
By: Tonya Mead, CFE, PI, MBA, MA Educational Psychology Last night at around 10:30pm, James Runcie, Chief Operating Officer of the Office of Federal Student Aid, U.S. Department of Education resigned, reportedly due to his refusal to testify before the House Oversight Committee. House Education and the Workforce Chairwoman Rep. Virginia Foxx discerned, “No one […]
By: Tonya Mead, CFE, PI, MBA, MA Educational Psychology Schools and universities are increasingly falling victim to fraud. In England, office receptionists answered calls from individuals asking for emails and phone numbers of administrators responsible for making key decisions. These scammers made the calls under the pretext that the contact information was needed by the […]
By: Tonya Mead, CFE, PI, MBA,MA Educational Psychology The OIG, National Science Foundation’s (NSF) investigation resulted in the return of over $330,000 based upon allegations that a NY-based research foundation improperly used two NSF awards. The grant application and subsequent award stipulated that the funds were to be used to support scholarships and research experiences […]
By: Tonya Mead, CFE, PI, MBA,MA Educational Psychology As reported here and elsewhere, crime syndicates are known to operate student financial aid scams by recruiting straw students to commit fraud. A new crime type has been brewing. The OIG at the National Science Foundation (NSF) have investigated individuals involved with elaborate schemes to fraudulently apply […]
By: Tonya Mead, CFE, PI, MBA, MA Educational Psychology “We haven’t had a president yet, including Obama, who has cared about Chicago,” exclaimed Rep. Bobby Rush in an interview. The entire interview can be read here. The Washington Post surmised that the murder rate is so high that it has driven up the murder rate […]
By: Tonya Mead, CFE, PI, MBA, MA Educational Psychology While the National Charter School Resource Center has determined that occurrences of outright fraud are second to financial insolvency, four types of fraud were used as case studies in its Toolkit for Charter School Governing Boards. They are: Asset Misappropriation Self Dealing and Conflicts of Interest […]
By: Tonya Mead, CFE, PI, MBA,MA Educational Psychology Multiple sources cite millions lost to fraud, ($100 million in 2014 and $203 million in 2015 alone) in the public charter school sector. Some say that the charter school movement is a vehicle for fraud. It would be more logical, perhaps to assume that fraud occurs equally […]