Janis Bucknor admitted to taking $3.1 million while leading Community Preparatory Academy
The former executive director of a for-profit Los Angeles charter school operator was sentenced to three years of probation Wednesday in federal court.
Bucknor pleaded guilty Feb. 3 to one count each of theft of funds from an organization receiving federal funds and tax evasion, court records show. She faced a maximum sentence of 15 years in federal prison.In July 2020, she admitted to stealing more than $3.1 million earmarked for school operations while she served as executive director of Community Preparatory Academy, prosecutors said. The theft took place from early 2014 through November 2019.
The first signs of malfeasance at Community Preparatory Academy came to light in February 2018 when the Los Angeles Unified School District’s Charter Schools Division conducted a routine audit of the school operator.
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