| Source | CWB Chicago |
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| Original Load Date | April 16, 2026, 1 a.m. |
| Last Updated | April 16, 2026, 1 a.m. |
| Original URL | https://cwbchicago.com/2026/04/hero-founder-of-urban-prep-academies-embezzeled-school-money-tried-to-cover-it-up-feds.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hero-founder-of-urban-prep-academies-embezzeled-school-money-tried-to-cover-it-up-feds |
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![][1] _Timothy King in 2013. ([ Creative Commons ][2] ) _
Timothy King was once celebrated as a “Hero of the Year” by People magazine
after every Black male graduate of the Chicago charter school network he
founded, Urban Prep Academies, made their way into college. On Tuesday, a
federal grand jur...