One day last summer, state investigators descended upon the 13-acre campus in Lakewood of the School for Children with Hidden Intelligence, a private entity that takes in about $1.8 million a month from the coffers of public schools to educate special needs youngsters.
The director of a prominent Lakewood school for children with special needs, charged in a May indictment with stealing more than $630,000 in public money, will appear before a judge next week.
TRENTON, NJ — The founder of a Lakewood school for children with special needs has been indicted on charges he misappropriated more than $630,000 in public tuition funds, using a purported fundraising foundation for the school in his alleged schemes to steal and launder money, Attorney General Christopher S. Porrino announced.