A city special-ed teacher who set up a private tutoring business bilked the city out of $14,000, according to a report released yesterday by the special schools investigator.
“We don’t know who did the tutoring,” said Richard Condon, the special commissioner of investigation for New York City schools.
The teacher, Richard Bourbeau, 44, ran the A-Plus Center for Learning, a tutoring center with nearly 40 staffers.
According to Condon’s report, Bourbeau put the name of a retired teacher on his invoices to the Department of Education.
That person told investigators he was never formally employed by A-Plus.
The students were tutored by someone, Condon said, but it is unclear if the tutors were qualified.
“We don’t know if they were college kids,” Condon said.
Condon recommended that Bourbeau be fired from the Department of Education and referred the matter to the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office.
Bourbeau’s attorney did return a call for comment.
“We will be seeking his termination,” said DOE spokeswoman Dina Paul Parks.