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[[Eshkol Academy]] was |
[[Eshkol Academy]] was a school in [[Maryland]] that existed from [[2002]] to [[2004]] |
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The school was founded by [[Jack Abramoff]]. The dean was [[David Lapin]]. |
The school was founded by [[Jack Abramoff]]. The dean was [[David Lapin]]. |
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*[http://citizensforethics.org/press/pressclip.php?view=244 How lobbyist's troubles felled Columbia school (Baltimore Sun), May 2005] |
*[http://citizensforethics.org/press/pressclip.php?view=244 How lobbyist's troubles felled Columbia school (Baltimore Sun), May 2005] |
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*[http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A55283-2004Sep27?language=printer Foundation's Funds Diverted From Mission (Washington Post), Sept 2004] |
*[http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A55283-2004Sep27?language=printer Foundation's Funds Diverted From Mission (Washington Post), Sept 2004] |
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Revision as of 00:27, 28 January 2006
Eshkol Academy was a school in Maryland that existed from 2002 to 2004
The school was founded by Jack Abramoff. The dean was David Lapin.
According to emails revealed during the US Senate hearings into the Abramoff-Reed Indian Gambling Scandal, Lapin was paid $20,000 a month, through Abramoff's Capital Athletic Foundation. The Eshkol Academy closed in 2004 after questions were raised in the press about Abramoff's financial dealings with Indian tribes.
In 2004, thirteen former Eshkol employees sued the Academy, demanding nearly $150,000 in back salary. The teachers' complaint claims that the Capital Athletic Foundation "was used to launder funds from the tribes to Eshkol." Federal tax records show that various Indian tribes donated more than $1 million to the foundation, which in turn benefited the school.