Lausd Superintendent Alberto Carvalho: lausd superintendent alberto carvalho homes, office raided
Federal agents executed search warrants at the San Pedro home and the downtown headquarters office of the lausd superintendent alberto carvalho on Wednesday morning in an investigation tied to an AI chatbot vendor. The FBI also searched a Florida residence and has said court affidavits are sealed.
FBI search at multiple locations
FBI agents executed judicially authorized search warrants at Carvalho’s San Pedro home and at Los Angeles Unified School District headquarters in downtown Los Angeles on Wednesday morning. The bureau also provided an address in Florida that agents searched the same morning. The FBI spokesman in Miami said agents searched a residence in Southwest Ranches, a town in Broward County, Fla.
FBI action: Lausd Superintendent Alberto Carvalho
Law enforcement sources who requested anonymity said the federal investigation specifically involves Carvalho, who has served as superintendent since February 2022 after joining LAUSD from the Miami-Dade district. Carvalho is widely known for work in Miami-Dade and for improving academics and for defying Gov. Ron DeSantis on pandemic mandates.
Florida address in Southwest Ranches searched
Public records show the Florida property searched is linked to Debra Kerr. Kerr is listed as the owner of the home and is described in public records as a salesperson whose clients included the AI company AllHere. The FBI and confidential sources did not identify Kerr as a target of the investigation, and attempts to contact her were unsuccessful. Kerr has worked as a consultant to AllHere and has claimed in court documents that the company owes her $630, 000. A prior report said Kerr told investigators AllHere never paid her a commission for closing the company’s deal in Los Angeles and that her son, Richard, is a former AllHere account executive who said he pitched the company to L. A. school leaders.
Connections to failed AI company AllHere
Officials and unnamed law enforcement sources described the probe as tied to AllHere, a failed AI company whose founder was arrested in 2024 and later charged with securities fraud, wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. The founder, Joanna Smith-Griffin, was arrested in 2024 and accused of lying to investors while chief executive of AllHere, the creator of LAUSD’s AI tool “Ed, ” which had been withdrawn from service by the time of that arrest. Ed was billed by Carvalho in August 2024 as revolut
Warrants sealed and official reactions
Ciaran McEvoy, a spokesperson for the U. S. attorney’s office in Los Angeles, confirmed Wednesday morning that law enforcement was "executing a judicially approved search warrant" at Carvalho’s home and at the district headquarters, and he confirmed a search in Florida but declined further comment. A separate spokesperson for the U. S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California likewise said, "Law enforcement is executing a judicially approved search warrant at those locations. We have no further comment. " LAUSD they had been informed of the law enforcement activity and were cooperating with the investigation and provided no additional details. The Los Angeles mayor’s office issued a brief statement: "LAUSD is an independent body not governed by the City of Los Angeles. The Mayor's Office has no information about this. " Carvalho’s office did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
What witnesses observed
Witnesses and neighbors described about two dozen federal agents in blue jackets marked with "FBI" entering the district headquarters and Carvalho’s San Pedro home, which is on S. Parker Street, and then leaving quickly. Agents in blue raid jackets carrying cardboard boxes were seen at the San Pedro address, and reporters and photographers were kept across the street. Neighbors said they counted over 20 FBI agents in unmarked vehicles at the home. Observers noted the raid did not involve armored vehicles or doors being busted in. It is unclear what, if anything, was taken during the searches.
Allegations described as nonviolent
People familiar with the matter described the case, still under seal, as "white collar" and likely involving financial issues rather than immigration or violent crime. The FBI declined to provide more information, citing sealed affidavits. Despite neighbors reporting seeing someone in handcuffs, officials briefed on the operation said no one was arrested during the raids and that there was no indication agents ransacked the home.
Investigators have said the focus appears to be Carvalho rather than the district as a whole; beyond the sealed filings and limited confirmations from federal prosecutors and agents, further details remain unclear in the provided context.
