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Bad Education
28 days ago | By Little White Lies
In 2004, a huge scandal rocked a small, well-to-do school district in the Long Island area of New York. Beloved superintendent Dr Francis ‘Frank' Tassone was arrested on embezzlement charges, and was eventually convicted for stealing $2.2 million from the public school system he was trusted with overseeing. The money had been frittered away on vacations, cosmetic procedures, real estate, and - most scandalous of all - his double life with a male exotic dancer in Las Vegas.
It's a stranger-than-fiction story with innate appeal - and who better to pen the Hollywood version than someone close...
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