Bribery charges against 13 Detroit Public School principals a 'punch in the gut' . The bribery is said to have started in 2002 and continued until January 2015.

CNN reports:

Detroit Public Schools were charged with bribery Tuesday in an alleged kickback scheme, which couldn't have come at a worse time for the troubled school district.

In addition, a DPS vendor -- identified as Norman Shy, 74, owner of Allstate Sales -- was charged. He is accused of being at the center of the criminal activity.

Shy would submit fraudulent invoices for school supplies, according to U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan Barbara McQuade. The principals involved would approve those invoices and then Shy would provide some, but not all, of the goods he promised to sell, she said.

Shy allegedly paid the principals a total of $900,000. In exchange, he received payments from the school system for $5 million, of which officials believe $2.7 million was fraudulent.

The bribery is said to have started in 2002 and continued until January 2015.

"The real victims in a case like this, of course, are the students and the families who attend Detroit Public Schools -- the teachers, the educators who really want to make a difference in the lives of Detroit Public School children," McQuade told reporters. "A case like this is a real punch in the gut for those who are trying to do the right thing."

Isn't time to get rid of public education since it's so corrupt? For a scam to be going on that long suggests public education, in Detroit, is beyond redemption. It's time to realize government schools aren't able to be reformed because they are financed by theft (taxes).