Former Morris Brown president sentenced to 5 years probation

Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Former Morris Brown president sentenced to 5 years probation

Morris Brown College’s former president and financial aid director avoided prison time in a sentencing hearing in federal court Wednesday.

U.S. District Court Judge Julie Carnes sentenced Dolores Cross to five years probation, 12 months home confinement and 500 hours in community service for her role in a financial aid scheme at the historically black college in Atlanta. Cross, 70, pleaded guilty in May to one count of embezzlement for defrauding the government of financial aid money, admitting to knowingly accepting money for students who were not enrolled to try to ward off the school’s impending financial crisis. Cross will pay $13,942 in restitution to the government, the amount the federal Department of Education said it is owed stemming from the fraud charge, and a $3,000 fine. Cross and former financial aid director Parvesh Singh were charged in a 34-count federal indictment in 2004 for misappropriating student financial aid.

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