‘Hate Crime’ School Superintendent Is Indicted for Fraud

Devon Horton, who unleashed the unfounded vilification of two white students in Evanston, Illinois, allegedly steered school contracts to friends and pocketed over $80,000 in kickbacks. - Frannie Block

The 17-count indictment...alleged that Horton and three friends cheated District 65, the Chicago Public Schools, and the federal government by creating companies that applied for—and won—contracts with District 65 while Horton was superintendent. 

Those companies then made payments to 

• Horton, either directly 
• or through an unidentified sibling, 

according to the indictment...
After Horton was indicted, a DeKalb County School District spokesperson said that he has been put on paid leave...