Residency Fraud

For the fourth time in the past year, the District is accusing families from the Maryland suburbs of fraudulently claiming to live in the city so their children could attend D.C. public schools. And three of the seven adults named in…

The District sued three Maryland families Wednesday, alleging the parents fraudulently claimed to live in the city so their children could attend D.C.’s public schools.

WASHINGTON — Four Maryland parents and a D.C. employee are in hot water with the city, facing fraud charges for allegedly enrolling their children in District schools.

The office of D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine announced today that it’s suing six Maryland parents for $700,000 in fines for allegedly faking D.C. residency to send their children to D.C. schools for free.

WASHINGTON — The D.C. attorney general’s office is seeking hundreds of thousands of dollars from Maryland parents who it claims faked District residency to send their children to prestigious D.C. schools without paying tuition.

The District on Wednesday sued six Maryland parents, alleging that families sent their children to D.C. schools without paying the tuition required of students living outside the city. The lawsuits seek $700,000 in unpaid tuition and…