Former Alabama school superintendent sentenced in school fraud case

Former Limestone County Superintendent Tom Sisk on Tuesday was sentenced to provide 18 months in federal prison for his element in a multimillion-greenback fraud scheme to falsify general public faculty enrollment in order to acquire condition instruction funding.

Sisk pleaded guilty to a conspiracy demand in April and faced up to 5 many years in prison. He was fined $15,000 and purchased to pay out $13,000 in restitution. He was not taken into custody Tuesday but awaits a date to report to jail, in accordance to U.S. Section of Justice spokesman Doug Howard.

Sisk was a single of 4 defendants to plead guilty in the fraud scheme and is the to start with to be sentenced.

Previous Athens Superintendent William L. “Trey” Holladay III, retired teacher Gregory “Greg” Earl Corkren and previous Marengo Academy football coach David “Webb” Tutt are scheduled for sentencing Thursday.

Holladay, Corkren and Tutt each deal with a sentence of up to 5 yrs in prison and up to a $250,000 good. Corkren faces an more two-12 months sentence and up to $250,000 great for the aggravated id theft demand.

The Alabama section of schooling needs defendants to repay $5.7 million paid to Athens Metropolis Schools for the 2016-17 and 2017-18 college yrs. The defendants falsely enrolled non-public faculty pupils as virtual general public school pupils.

The point out section advised federal officials it experienced recouped funding from Limestone and Conecuh Counties, but did not point out the quantities.

Athens school administrator William Richard “Rick” Carter Jr. was discovered guilty of conspiracy, 4 counts of wire fraud and two counts of aggravated id theft in March. Carter faces up to 20 many years in prison in addition to fines and restitution. U.S. District Decide Myron Thompson turned down Carter’s motion for a new demo. Carter will be sentenced in August.