Former risk manager for Detroit schools indicted

A federal grand jury has indicted the former chief of risk management at Detroit Public Schools, charging Stephen Hill with looting the financially ailing district of more than $3 million for himself, family members and friends, U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade just announced in a news release.

 Also charged in the indictment, unsealed today, are Hill’s onetime assistant, as well as prominent Detroit businesswoman Sherry Washington, 53, and her sister, Dr. Gwendolyn Washington, 66, of Southfield. The Washingtons are accused for their roles as partners in Associates for Learning, a vendor hired to administer a health awareness program for the school district, but which district officials contend performed little work while receiving more than $3 million.