May 9, 2016 By Robert Amsterdam

Despite Active Fraud Investigation, Gülen School Still Funnels in Federal Grants

In case you missed it, there was a tremendously important investigative story published in the Chicago Sun-Times over the weekend regarding the controversial activities of Concept Schools, one of the hundreds of charter school front organizations headed up by Turkish cleric Fethullah Gülen.

Concept, which is based in Des Plaines, Illinois, has subject to an active investigation by the FBI for alleged e-Rate fraud and misconduct since June 2014 – but nevertheless, within five weeks of having their offices raided by the authorities, the Gülenists had already applied for even more federal money. The report notes that the Department of Education awarded $337,138 over three years to Concept’s Horizon Science Academy-Southwest Chicago Charter School, located 5401 S. Western Ave.

Any interesting omission? The Sun-Times reports that Concept neglected to mention that they were under investigation by the FBI in its application, and neglected to mention their ties to Gülen’s nationwide network of charter schools.