Epic Charter Schools Co-Founders Ordered to Trial in Racketeering Case

Judge rules criminal case against Epic Charter Schools co-founders can move forward

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Epic co-founders bound for trial in embezzlement, racketeering case

Epic Charter School co-founders David Chaney, left, and Benjamin Harris, right, attend a preliminary hearing Feb. 25 at the Oklahoma County Courthouse in Oklahoma City. (Photo by Nuria Martinez-Keel/Oklahoma Voice)OKLAHOMA CITY — After two years of reviewing evidence, hearing testimony and enduring lengthy delays, an Oklahoma County judge has decided the major embezzlement and racketeering case against the co-founders of Epic Charter School can …

Epic Charter Schools co-founders ordered to trial in racketeering case

Epic founders Harris, Chaney bound for criminal trial as 2-year preliminary hearing ends

A judge bound Epic Charter Schools co-founder Ben Harris and David Chaney over for trial Thursday, saying prosecutors had established probable cause that the way they steered $22 million of public funding to their private company constituted embezzlement and racketeering. Concluding the lengthy preliminary hearing that began in 2024, Oklahoma County Special Judge Jason Glidewell […] The post Epic founders Harris, Chaney bound for criminal trial …