DeKalb County’s school superintendent faces federal charges for allegedly running a kickback operation at his previous job that funneled more than $80,000 into his pockets while defrauding two school districts.

Why It Matters: Devon Horton still leads one of Georgia’s largest school systems while facing 17 federal counts that could send him to prison and force him to repay hundreds of thousands of dollars.

What’s Happening: A federal grand jury indicted Horton and three co-defendants in October 2025 for crimes committed between 2020 and 2023, when Horton served as superintendent of Evanston/Skokie School District 65 in Illinois.

The indictment alleges Horton approved contracts worth $283,500 to three companies owned by his friends, then received approximately $81,700 in kickback payme

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