Two out-of-state residents have been indicted on multiple counts for allegedly defrauding Arizona's Empowerment Scholarship Account (ESA) program.
Officials with the Arizona Attorney General's Office said on Dec. 2 that a man and a woman from outside of Arizona have been indicted amid allegations involving the state's school voucher program.Per the statement, Johnny Lee Bowers and Ashley Meredith Hewitt are accused of submitting applications to Arizcona's Empowerment Scholarship Account programs for both real and fictitious children. "They submitted applications for 50 children, 43 of whom did not exist.
"According to court documents released by the Attorney General's Office, Bowers and Hewitt, who also goes by the name 'Ashley Hopkins,' are accused of a count of conspiracy, a count of fraudulent schemes and artifices, and 58 counts of forgery.Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne has issued a statement on the indictments.
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