Ex-Obama White House Adviser Accused of Charter School Theft
- FBI says Seth Andrew used cash to secure Manhattan apartment
- Andrew founded charter schools in New York and Washington
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A former Obama White House official was charged with stealing $218,000 from a charter school network he founded and using the money to get a lower rate on a mortgage for a Manhattan apartment.
Seth Andrew, who served as a senior adviser in the Office of Educational Technology during former President Barack Obama’s second term, stole the cash in 2019 from the charter network’s escrow accounts and deposited it in bank accounts he controlled, federal prosecutors said. He was then able to get a lower rate on a mortgage for an apartment that he and his spouse bought that year for $2.37 million, they said.