Robert Williams cooperated with prosecutors and paid half of his fines at sentencing Friday, prosecutor said.
Robert Williams, an accountant indicted in a sprawling charter school scheme that defrauded the state out of tens of millions of dollars, was sentenced to three years’ probation and ordered to pay $300,000 in fines in San Diego Superior Court on Friday.
Williams, 67, was among 11 defendants indicted in 2019 for allegedly participating in what has been called one of the nation’s largest fraud schemes. Among the defendants who have pleaded guilty are the ringleaders of the scheme, an Australian man, Sean McManus, and his business partner in Southern California, Jason Schrock. The two founded A3 charter schools, a network of 19 online schools throughout California that defrauded the state, according to the indictment.
The defendants used personal addresses or the Newport Beach address of an accounting business owned by Williams on paperwork to open bank accounts and submit annual filings, the indictment said.
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