Page 16 THE REVERE ADVOCATE – Friday, February 7, 2020 ACT | FROM PAGE 1 view. Parents, teachers, administrators, staff , School Committee members, and students broke out in 12 small groups to report back on Fiscal 2021 budget priorities and three-year strategic objectives. Tara Vocino may be reached at printjournalist1@gmail.com. Second grade A.C. Whelan Elementary School teacher Charlene Logue said her small group’s budget priorities were: increasing bilingual behavioral specialists, social workers, and providing Chrome books and iPads. SeaCoast High School social worker Karen Suttle said her small group’s budget priorities were speech therapy, translators, social workers, occupational therapists, and other support professionals. Superintendent of Schools Dr. Dianne Kelly said the public school’s budget is a 10 percent increase over Fiscal 2020 during Tuesday’s Student Opportunity Act community forum in the Revere High School library. (Advocate Photos by Tara Vocino) SENTENCED | FROM PAGE 9 Social Security number without permission to open bank accounts in the victim’s name and in the name of a fi ctitious Massachusetts corporation that Eze created, Levistronix GMB Ltd. He selected the name Levistronix because of its similarity to Levitronix GmbH, an actual Swiss company. In May and June 2018, others involved in the scheme sent fake Levitronix invoices totaling approximately $1.4 million to a Korean company that was a LevitroSchool Committee member Susan Gravellese said her small group asked for more sign language translators. nix customer. The fake invoices directed the company to send the $1.4 million to Eze’s deceptively named Massachusetts bank account. When Eze received the money, he withdrew cash and spent tens of thousands of dollars on retail purchases, including Apple laptops and Zale jewelry. He also purchased $700,000 in bank checks payable to other fi ctitious companies that he controlled, which he deposited into bank accounts in those companies’ names. Eze in turn made cash withdrawals, reParent Information Center Director Al Mogavero, center, said his small group’s initiatives aligned with the Strategic Plan. tail purchases and wire transfers from those bank accounts, all to conceal the fact that the money was the proceeds of the fraud scheme. In doing so, Eze spent or disbursed more than $862,000 of the Korean company’s money. U.S. Attorney Andrew E. Lelling and the FBI’s Special Agent in Charge of the Boston Field Division, Joseph R. Bonavolonta, made the sentencing announcement. Assistant U.S. Attorney Seth B. Kosto of Lelling’s Cybercrime Unit prosecuted the case. More than 90 parents, students, teachers, and School Committee members came out. Revere Teachers’ Association President Erik Fearing, center, leads a discussion about Fiscal 2020 school’s budget of $89,947 versus Fiscal 2021 $96,107. School Nurse Adrienne Maguire reported the fi ndings in her social workers’ small group. at 781-286-8500 or Info@advocatenews.net call he A For Advertising with Results, call The Advocate Newspapers cate Ne spapers
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