Farah founded Focus Learning Academy of Northern Columbus in 2007 and Focus Learning Academy of Central Columbus in 2020. He served as the superintendent of both.COLUMBUS, Ohio — A man who founded two Columbus charter schools pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit bank fraud in U.S. District Court Monday., 59-year-old Abdirizak Farah admitted to fraudulently using school funds to help purchase his home in New Albany. His sentencing will take place at a later hearing.
The school in northern Columbus serves 700 students in kindergarten through eighth grade while the central Columbus serves pre-K through third grade students. An exact amount of students at that school was not provided.Court documents say Farah purchased a $900,000 home on Lambton Park Road in New Albany in August 2020.
The next day, the person who received the wired funds in turn wired $260,000 to the title company handling the closing.
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