(CNN) Federal investigators revealed another blow to Detroit Public Schools this week -- the system's former grant-development director has been charged on suspicion of obtaining nearly $1.3 million by lying about children's tutoring services.

Carolyn StarkeyDarden set up a company and allegedly ran a scheme between 2005 and 2012 in which she submitted fake invoices for tutoring services that were never provided to students, according to charges filed by the U.S. Attorney's Office in Michigan's Eastern District.

StarkeyDarden, 69, was charged Monday with federal program theft, for which she could receive up to 10 years in prison and fines of up to $250,000 if convicted.

"Ms. StarkeyDarden cheated the students of Detroit Public Schools out of valuable resources by fraudulently billing for her company's services," said David P. Gelios, special agent in charge of the FBI in Detroit. "In fact, Detroit students were cheated twice by this scheme.

"Students that needed tutoring never received it, and money that could have been spent on other resources was paid to Ms. StarkeyDarden as part of her fraud scheme."

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