佛蒙特州奇滕登县伯灵顿市：前学区高管涉嫌177万美元虚假账单，联邦展开调查
2026年10月28日，美国佛蒙特州奇滕登县伯灵顿市曝出消息：伯灵顿学区一名前高层管理人员因涉嫌通过空壳咨询公司向学区虚假开票，正在接受联邦调查，涉案金额至少176万9200美元，时间跨度约13年。
据《七日报》援引联邦法院文件报道，涉案人是57岁的斯蒂芬妮·菲利普斯，她曾任学区教学与学习执行主任，2014年还担任过临时学区总监，在学区工作28年，今年春季离职。
搜查令申请称，调查人员有合理依据相信她涉嫌邮件欺诈、电汇欺诈以及盗窃接受联邦资金项目的款项，相关行为可追溯至2013年3月。文件指控，菲利普斯通过自己控制的“领先与学习咨询公司”就本职工作重复收费，并为从未开展的工作开票；联邦调查局探员已于10月搜查了她在科尔切斯特的住所。
菲利普斯目前尚未被起诉。
Former Burlington, Vermont School Official under Federal Investigation over an Alleged $1.77 Million False Billing Scheme
News broke on October 28, 2026, in Burlington, Chittenden County, Vermont, that a former senior administrator of the Burlington School District is under federal investigation for allegedly billing the district through a shell consulting company, in an amount of at least $1,769,200 over a span of about 13 years.
According to Seven Days, citing federal court documents, the person involved is 57-year-old Stephanie Phillips, who served as the district's executive director of teaching and learning, acted as interim superintendent in 2014, worked for the district for 28 years, and left this past spring.
A search warrant application states that investigators have probable cause to believe she engaged in mail fraud, wire fraud and theft of funds from a program receiving federal funds, with conduct traceable to March 2013. The documents allege that Phillips, through a company she controlled, Leading and Learning Consultants of Vermont, charged the district again for work that was part of her own job and billed for work that was never performed. FBI agents searched her home in Colchester in October.
Phillips has not been charged at this time.
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