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Arleare13 t1_itmblzb wrote

Reply to comment by AbazabaYouMyOnlyFren in Hasidic School to Pay $8 Million After Admitting to Federal Fraud by Jordie1010

It was a plea deal, basically. According to the article and the court papers, they agreed to a deferred prosecution agreement in exchange for admitting wrongdoing, paying back restitution to the government, and paying $8 million in fines. So they didn't give "some" of the money back, they gave back everything that the government intended to prove they stole, plus a fine of over twice that amount. They also agreed to oversight by a federal monitor going forward, which isn't a minor concession.

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QCr8onQ t1_ito583o wrote

I understand what you are saying and I understand why the government agreed to it but… I’d still like to see some jail time. I’d also like to see the mill/school shut down.

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Arleare13 t1_ito5mel wrote

One person did get prison time, and another got five years probation.

But yeah, I think we all agree there needs to be much more effective oversight of these places if they’re to continue to operate.

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PlaneStill6 t1_ito00jl wrote

> paying back restitution

I bet they’re milking Mayor McCop for $8mm in city funding, and they’ll get it.

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Arleare13 t1_itmioi0 wrote

> How are we expected to believe they will pay any restitution.

They have already paid their restitution. It says that in the third paragraph of the article you didn't read.

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66Hanuman99 t1_itndiot wrote

"In all, the school agreed to pay $5 million in fines in addition to the more than $3 million it had already paid in restitution as part of the deal to avoid prosecution."

So, they are just returning 8 million in stolen taxpayer money! and being given a slap on the wrist (again). Yeah there have been many other cases of this from these talmudic schools in the past.

well, this all makes complete sense to me... Merika ~

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JerryFartcia t1_itnhyhu wrote

Literally the same thing would happen to you if you lie on your taxes.

You pay it back with penalties.

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elizabeth-cooper t1_itmkd6s wrote

> They are fully funded by the government

They are not. You can see below where I wrote what they get funding for. The major expenses of a school are salaries and the school building itself.

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