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| Bradford Kings Science academy staff jailed for fraud | Bradford Kings Science academy staff jailed for fraud |
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| The founder of an academy and two staff members have been jailed for defrauding the government out of £150,000. | The founder of an academy and two staff members have been jailed for defrauding the government out of £150,000. |
| Sajid Raza, 43, who set up Kings Science Academy in Bradford, Shabana Hussain, 40, and Daud Khan, 44, made payments from Department for Education grants into their own bank accounts. | Sajid Raza, 43, who set up Kings Science Academy in Bradford, Shabana Hussain, 40, and Daud Khan, 44, made payments from Department for Education grants into their own bank accounts. |
| The three were convicted of fraud in August at Leeds Crown Court following a six-week trial. | The three were convicted of fraud in August at Leeds Crown Court following a six-week trial. |
| Raza was jailed for five years, Hussain for six months and Khan 14 months. | |
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| During the trial, the court heard Raza used money from government grants to offset his own financial difficulties and make mortgage repayments on rental properties he owned. | During the trial, the court heard Raza used money from government grants to offset his own financial difficulties and make mortgage repayments on rental properties he owned. |
| He was found guilty of four counts of fraud, three counts of false accounting and two counts of obtaining money by deception. | He was found guilty of four counts of fraud, three counts of false accounting and two counts of obtaining money by deception. |
| Hussain, a former teacher at the school and Raza's sister, was convicted of one count of fraud and one count of obtaining property by deception. | Hussain, a former teacher at the school and Raza's sister, was convicted of one count of fraud and one count of obtaining property by deception. |
| Khan, the ex-financial director at the school, was found guilty of two counts of fraud and three counts of false accounting. | Khan, the ex-financial director at the school, was found guilty of two counts of fraud and three counts of false accounting. |
| The academy was one of the first free schools to open, in September 2011, and was praised by then Prime Minister David Cameron when he visited in 2012. | |
| It has since become part of the Dixons academy group. |