Valley charter school operators charged with embezzling $200K
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Yevgeny Selivanov, 38, and his wife, Tatyana Berkovich, 32, who operate the Ivy Academia charter school, are scheduled to be arraigned Friday morning at the downtown Los Angeles courthouse, according to Deputy District Attorney Sandi Roth. Selivanov and Berkovich are each charged with five felony counts of misappropriation of public funds, embezzlement by a public or private officer and filing a false tax return, along with a misdemeanor count of failing to file a statement of their economic interests for 2008, according to the criminal complaint. Selivanov is additionally charged with six counts of misappropriation of public funds, embezzlement by a public or private officer, money laundering and filing a false tax return, while Berkovich is charged with a misdemeanor count of conflict of interest. (more...)