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A former Burnsville charter school leader allegedly diverted nearly $300,000 of the school’s money to himself and two other former school leaders, according to an investigation by the Minnesota Attorney General’s Office. The Attorney General’s Office alleges that Abdiaziz Farah, the founder of Gateway STEM Academy, improperly sent close to $300,000 to businesses controlled by himself, Mahad Ibrahim, and Mukhtar Mohamed Shariff.