Nancy New & Zachary "Zach" New, Jackson, Mississippi (arrested 2020 & 2021) [multi million $ frauds]

Nancy New (left) & Zachary "Zach" New (right)

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Nancy New & Zachary "Zach" New, founders of New Summit School, New Learning Resources Inc, Jackson, Mississippi, accused of multi-million $ frauds


Feds accuse New Summit private school leaders of bilking $2 million in Mississippi public school dollars

When agents arrested Nancy New and her son Zach New last year on charges they allegedly stole $4 million in Mississippi welfare dollars, onlookers speculated how the popular private schools they ran, New Summit, may be implicated. Now, the federal government is alleging the News also defrauded the Mississippi Department of Education out of $2 million they secured by filing fraudulent claims, sometimes on behalf of kids who didn’t attend the school, people who didn’t work at the school or teachers who had a lower certification level than they claimed. Nancy New allegedly used at least $76,889 of the public ...

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Feds accuse New Summit private school leaders of bilking $2 million in Mississippi public school dollars

When agents arrested Nancy New and her son Zach New in 2020 on charges they allegedly stole $4 million in Mississippi welfare dollars, onlookers speculated how the popular private schools they ran, New Summit, may be implicated. Now, the federal government is alleging the News also defrauded the Mississippi Department of Education out of $2 million they secured by filing fraudulent claims, sometimes on behalf of kids who didn’t attend the school, people who didn’t work at the school or teachers who had a lower certification level than they claimed. Nancy New used at least $76,889 of the public school ...

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When agents arrested Nancy New and her son Zach New in 2020 on charges ... people who didn’t work at the school or teachers who had a lower certification level than they claimed. Nancy New used at ...

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Mother, son charged with defrauding state department of education

The two people at the center of the largest public embezzlement scheme in Mississippi's history are now facing federal charges for their role in defrauding the Mississippi Department of Education out of $2 million. Nancy New, 68, and Zachary New, 38, appeared in federal court Thursday, shackled from the waist down, and pleaded not guilty before Magistrate Judge Keith Ball. They were released on a $10,000 unsecured bond. Their trial date is set for May 3 before U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves. In February 2020, Nancy New and her son Zach New were arrested on charges that they allegedly stole ...

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Mom, son swindled $2 million in taxpayer money for Mississippi private school, feds say

The founder of a private school in Mississippi and her son are accused of submitting fake reimbursement claims to get their hands on $2 million in state education dollars — some of which they used to buy a house, prosecutors said. Nancy New, 67, and her son Zachary New, 38, were charged in a 17-count indictment with conspiracy to defraud, wire fraud, aggravated identity theft and money laundering, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Mississippi said Thursday in a news release. Zachary New and his mom, who founded New Summit School in Jackson, are accused of submitting ...

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Parents of special needs students worry about New Summit School’s future after owner’s arrest

Educators assessed Mary Harbin Hinds, who has a rare chromosome disorder resulting in academic delays, as a nonreader when she entered New Summit School in third grade. Halfway through the year at the Jackson private school, “she was reading poems on her own with words as large as ‘wonderment,’” her mom, Jodi Kimbrell Hinds, recalled. By the end of her first year, the girl — now a ninth grader at the school — was reading on grade level. “It was life changing,” the mom of two said. “Mary Harbin is just a mystery. She can do great at some things ...

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New Summit just plugged into that immediately and figured out what works for her.” Parents of New Summit students — nine of whom spoke with Mississippi Today — rave about their children’s educational ...

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Parents of special needs students worry about New Summit School’s future after owner’s arrest

Educators assessed Mary Harbin Hinds, who has a rare chromosome disorder resulting in academic delays, as a nonreader when she entered New Summit School in third grade. Halfway through the year at the Jackson private school, “she was reading poems on her own with words as large as ‘wonderment,’” her mom, Jodi Kimbrell Hinds, recalled. By the end of her first year, the girl — now a ninth grader at the school — was reading on grade level. “It was life changing,” the mom of two said. “Mary Harbin is just a mystery. She can do great at some things ...

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Parents of special needs students worry about New Summit School’s future after owner’s arrest

Educators assessed Mary Harbin Hinds, who has a rare chromosome disorder resulting in academic delays, as a nonreader when she entered New Summit School in third grade. Halfway through the year at the Jackson private school, “she was reading poems on her own with words as large as ‘wonderment,’” her mom, Jodi Kimbrell Hinds, recalled. By the end of her first year, the girl — now a ninth grader at the school — was reading on grade level. “It was life changing,” the mom of two said. “Mary Harbin is just a mystery. She can do great at some things ...

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Alleged scam: Nancy New’s school claimed to treat hospitalized kids

Nancy New and her son Zach, owners of several for-profit and nonprofit organizations, were well on their way to building an education empire in Mississippi. Their private schools, called New Summit, had been gaining acclaim, especially for catering to nontraditional students and those with disabilities — the only type students the state can pay private schools to educate. “School choice” — the concept of allowing tax dollars to follow a student to a private school — was becoming a rallying cry in the Republican-dominated state Legislature. Lawmakers were shorting public schools hundreds of millions of dollars annually according to state ...

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Alleged scam: Nancy New’s school claimed to treat hospitalized kids

ancy New and her son Zach, owners of several for-profit and nonprofit organizations, were well on their way to building an education empire in Mississippi. Their private schools, called New Summit, had been gaining acclaim, especially for catering to nontraditional students and those with disabilities — the only type students the state can pay private schools to educate. “School choice” — the concept of allowing tax dollars to follow a student to a private school — was becoming a rallying cry in the Republican-dominated state Legislature. Lawmakers were shorting public schools hundreds of millions of dollars annually according to state ...

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News accused of scamming state

Nancy New and her son Zach, owners of several for-profit and nonprofit organizations, were well on their way to building an education empire in Mississippi. Their private schools, called New Summit, had been gaining acclaim, especially for catering to nontraditional students and those with disabilities — the only type students the state can pay private schools to educate.

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Judge grants request to delay trial for mother, son charged in Mississippi welfare fraud scheme

A federal judge granted a mother and son’s request to delay the trial in their federal fraud case. According to court documents, U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves delayed the trial for Nancy and Zach New until at least July 2021. The News were indicted on federal money laundering, wire fraud and ID theft charges in connection to a welfare fraud scheme in Mississippi. They’re accused of withholding at least $2 million in public school dollars for New Summit School, which is a school they operated. The indictments accuse both of the Nancy New and Zachary New of conspiracy to commit ...

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Grand jury issues new indictments on private school heads accused of stealing millions

A federal grand jury indicted Nancy and Zachary New Tuesday on additional charges the mother and son defrauded the Mississippi Department of Education of over $4 million between 2017 and 2019. This most recent indictment supersedes a federal indictment passed down in March that claimed the News had defrauded the state Department of Education of more than $2 million. Both Nancy and Zachary New pleaded not guilty to the original charges. The pair face 21 felony charges, including eight counts of wire fraud, 9 counts of aggravated identity theft and one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering. If convicted, ...

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Trials delayed for mother, son in Mississippi fraud cases

Judges have delayed the state and federal trials of a mother and son charged in one of Mississippi’s largest public corruption cases. State Auditor Shad White has said Nancy New and Zachary New were responsible for misspending millions of dollars of welfare money that was intended for needy people in one of the poorest states in the U.S. Their trials were scheduled to begin this week — Monday in Hinds County Circuit Court and Wednesday in federal court. Attorneys have made clear that both trials were unlikely to happen during the same week because of the complexity of the cases. ...

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