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Business Owner and Former D.C. Schools Employee Sentenced to Jail Terms for Fraudulent Billing Scheme
WASHINGTON – John A. Faulkner, Jr., 40, the owner of a tutoring and mentoring business, and Isaiah Johnson, 38, a former employee of the District of Columbia Public Schools, were sentenced to 52 weekends in jail for their roles in a scheme to fraudulently bill the school system more than $200,000 for services that they falsely claimed had been provided to students with special needs.
The scheme, which lasted from at least July 2012 through at least July 2014, involved fraudulent invoices submitted to the District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) for services purportedly performed under the Compensatory Education Program. Faulkner and Johnson created or caused to be created false and fraudulent timesheets purporting to reflect compensatory education services provided to students that had, in fact, not been performed.
According to the statement of offense, Faulkner owned a company that in 2011 became eligible to be paid by DCPS as a vendor for tutoring and mentoring services. Johnson was a DCPS compliance case manager who was responsible for notifying parents or guardians, via letters, that their children were entitled to obtain the services of the independent providers. In that role, Johnson had access to students’ names as well as compensatory education letters and the forms used to create those letters.
Faulkner and Johnson admitted that they and others used these means of identification without the knowledge or permission of the individuals. Faulkner attached these timesheets to invoices to DCPS. He received payments and distributed a portion of the proceeds to Johnson.
DCPS sent at least $217,366 in payments for services that never were performed. Faulkner and Johnson also must pay a total of $217,366 in restitution to the District of Columbia Schools. Faulkner also is required to pay $142,866 in a forfeiture money judgment, and Johnson must pay $74,500 in a forfeiture money judgment.
U.S. Attorney Jessie K. Liu, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’s Washington Field Office, Nancy McNamara, and Inspector General Daniel W. Lucas of the District of Columbia commended the work of those who investigated the case from the FBI’s Washington Field Office and the District of Columbia Office of the Inspector General.
Key Facts
- State: Washington DC
- Category: Fraud & Financial Crimes
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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