{"schema":"hottub-news/story/v1","story":"st_7y5qrovpo2me5gtxuclq","title":"CMS Board Chair Gregory Rankin fraud conviction revealed amid state investigation","title_en":null,"outlets":2,"brief":null,"page":"https://hottub.news/stories/cms-board-chair-gregory-rankin-fraud-conviction-revealed-amid-state-7y5qrovpo2","count":2,"items":[{"id":"n_qxo6rfrbxw6ypkoauk7a","seq":994244,"kind":"article","title":"New CMS Board Chair Rankin Convicted of Fraud","url":"https://wbt.com/1650829/new-cms-board-chair-rankin-convicted-of-fraud","published":"2026-09-30T17:15:00Z","seen":"2026-09-30T20:26:51Z","lang":"en","source":{"id":"wbt.com","name":"wbt.com","domain":"wbt.com","outlet":{"wikidata":"Q7952368","name":"WBT-FM","type":"broadcaster","country":"US","designations":["radio station"]}},"via":"gdelt-gkg-english","topics":["economy","business","education","politics"],"authors":["brettejensen"],"story":"st_7y5qrovpo2me5gtxuclq","category":"crime-law","category_p":0.6200000047683716,"sentiment":"negative","tone":-0.7599999904632568,"political":0.38999998569488525},{"id":"n_7y5qrovpo2me5gtxuclq","seq":790402,"kind":"article","title":"CMS Board Chair Gregory Rankin fraud conviction revealed amid state investigation","url":"https://www.qcnews.com/news/charlotte-mecklenburg-schools/cms-board-chair-gregory-rankin-fraud-conviction-revealed-amid-state-investigation","summary":"CHARLOTTE, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) -- New details reveal that the new chair for Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools' Board of Education, Gregory \"Dee\" Rankin, was previously convicted of conspiracy to commit fraud charges amid a state investigation into the school district. According to documents from the FBI Archive database, Rankin, along with several others, was involved in [...]","published":"2026-09-29T23:05:24Z","seen":"2026-09-29T23:57:35Z","lang":"en","country":"US","source":{"id":"kite-qcnews-com-a49cf0","name":"qcnews.com","domain":"qcnews.com"},"via":"kite-qcnews-com-a49cf0","topics":["charlotte-mecklenburg schools","charlotte","crime and public safety","local news","news"],"authors":["Arri Woodhouse"],"entities":[{"id":"Q92921603","name":"Gregory D Rankin","type":"person"},{"id":"Q131093","name":"content management system","type":"org"}],"image":"https://www.qcnews.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/109/2026/09/DEE-RANKIN-1.png?w=849","story":"st_7y5qrovpo2me5gtxuclq","category":"crime-law","category_p":0.8399999737739563,"sentiment":"negative","tone":-0.6700000166893005,"political":0.47999998927116394}]}