Judge Frederick Link, who has been presiding over the A3 case for more than a year, said if they continue to cooperate, he will take that into consideration at their sentencing.

The A3 network has become one of California’s largest cases of charter school fraud and has brought attention to how weaknesses in charter school oversight can allow such fraud to occur.

Another major report recommends charter school oversight reforms after A3 fraud case A court-ordered task force recommended several changes for charter school audits and auditors.

The task force was led by Cohen’s office, which is in charge of reviewing annual audits of California’s K-12 schools. The task force was also led by key people from the A3 case, including ...