YORK COUNTY, Pa. — A York County man has been charged with fraudulently obtaining federal funds while working at a York charter school, U.S. Attorney Gerard M. Karam said Wednesday.
Leonard Hart, 50, of Mount Wolf, allegedly misappropriated approximately $6,400 in U.S. Department of Education funds from Lincoln Charter School, where he was employed as principal and CEO, Karam said in a press release.
Hart is accused of fraudulently obtaining the funds in 2018, according to Karam.
The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Assistant U.S. Attorney Ravi Romel Sharma is prosecuting the case.
The maximum penalty under federal law for this offense is 10 years of imprisonment, a term of supervised release following imprisonment, and a fine.
