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Mayes blames lawmakers for making voucher program ‘easy to target for fraud’

Kiera Riley Arizona Capitol Times//March 1, 2024//[read_meter]

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Mayes blames lawmakers for making voucher program ‘easy to target for fraud’

Kris Mayes at podium to explain indictment of former Department of Education employees in connection with defrauding the state's voucher program

Attorney General Kris Mayes details charges March 1 against three former employees of the Department of Education for defrauding the state's voucher program. (Capitol Media Services photo by Howard Fischer)

Mayes blames lawmakers for making voucher program ‘easy to target for fraud’

Kiera Riley Arizona Capitol Times//March 1, 2024//[read_meter]

Three former Empowerment Scholarship Account employees are accused of defrauding the program of more than $600,000 by using falsified birth certificates and disability diagnoses to enroll five adults, seven children...

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Tags: Empowerment Scholarship Accounts, fraud, Tom Horne, vouchers, John Ward, Ben Toma, Kris Mayes, ESA program

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