Tucson school district employee is indicted on fraud charges

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TUCSON, Arizona (AP) – An Arizona grand jury has charged a longtime Tucson school district employee with fraud.

Prosecutors said Joan Katz had faced multiple charges of fraudulent schemes and other charges.

Katz is a former Parent-as-Teacher Program Coordinator for the Sunnyside Unified School District.

Allegedly, she discontinued her daughter’s business without soliciting competitive offers and without disclosing her conflict of interest.

Similarly, Katz allegedly hired another county employee’s company without receiving any competitive offers.

After the payment was transferred to both companies, the indictment alleges that Katz produced false documents to cover up the lack of a competitive bidding process for both projects.

Katz was tried in the Pima County Superior Court last Friday.

On Wednesday it was unclear whether Katz still had a lawyer who could speak for her.

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