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Back in 2004, Derlyn Roberts ran the Sago Palm Educational Academy which later became the Academy of Dreams at 3411 N. 29th St. in Tampa’s College Hill neighborhood. It was a private school for kids with special needs and disabilities.

“I thought the purpose of the school was to help children who were at a disadvantage,” said Angela Darien, a psychologist and social worker who quit the school after just a few weeks when Roberts failed to pay her.

According to court records 8 On Your Side obtained Tuesday, Roberts misappropriated a fortune in education funds from Florida’s MacKay Scholarship fund and used most of that money for her own personal benefit in a scheme that stretched from 2004 until 2009.

One court record spells out $350,000 in stolen money and another one references restitution amounting to $230,000.

Hillsborough court records show that for most that time, Roberts assumed the identity and impersonated Angela Darien in order to continue receiving state education money. In 2004, authorities investigated Sago Palm Educational Academy and revoked funding due to Roberts’ criminal past.

That’s when Roberts started using Darien’s name to run the Academy of Dreams and the money kept flowing year after year.

By that time, Darien had long ago moved to New York. Darien had had no idea that Roberts was using her name to defraud the Florida Department of Education and steal money from the special needs students attending her school until a state fraud investigator contacted her.

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