Celerity charter school founder who misspent $3.2 million gets 30 months in prison

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The founder of Los Angeles-based charter school network Celerity Educational Group was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison for misspending $3.2 million in public funds.

Vielka McFarlane, seen here in 2011, was sentenced to 30 months in prison for misspending public funds.

— $800 on Blacklane, an Uber competitor that pulls from a network of licensed chauffeurs with high-end carsIn addition to her use of Celerity’s public funds, McFarlane created a web of for-profit companies that worked with her charter schools, including Celerity Global Development, which received 10% to 12% of the charter schools’ revenue. Global spent thousands on a recording studio that McFarlane planned to use for a for-profit media-production business.

 

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Celerity?

The same as a rouge with a gun.

Hey LA Rag. Why not call it as it is. You do not misspend. You embezzle.

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