On Sept. 14, 2018, the day state officials checked enrollment to calculate school funding, two online charter schools claimed about 4,530 students that were not attending, according to federal prosecutors.
Thomas Stoughton, who founded Indiana Virtual School, and Phillip Holden, who was its director, were set to go on trial together Tuesday, Oct. 27 in federal court in Indianapolis. The two faced charges of conspiracy and wire fraud in a scheme prosecutors say cost Indiana more than $44 million.
On Oct. 26, Stoughton pleaded guilty as charged, according to courtroom minutes…