lock 'em up!

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crim...virtual-school-fraud/ar-AAVfA7m?ocid=msedgntp

one of 6 charged, this one faces up to 20 years

Athens City public school administrator was convicted Friday on federal charges in a scheme that defrauded Alabama public schools of approximately $10 million according to prosecutors.

“Today’s action shows that this former school official not only knowingly and willfully abused his position of trust for personal gain, but did so at the expense of the educational development of children. That is unacceptable,” said USDOE-OIG Special Agent in Charge Reginald France. “Deservedly, Mr. Carter will be held accountable for cheating Alabama students and taxpayers.”

 

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and then there's this former TN senator, a democrat, convicted of federal charges of fraud... gets probation. reallllllly?

okay, so it 'was only' $3,400 from $600,000, but that is not the point. In my opinion, which clearly doesn't match the sentencing judge's, she ought to have served at least some of the normal 4-10 months tariff. To sentence her to just probation sends a twisted message of who is held accountable for their crimes in society and who isn't. Robbing the body, even of this relatively minor sum, simply to help pay wedding expenses? A person in authority has obligations. Sure she lost her job; sure she no doubt faced/faces societal censure, but her actions are just another facet of how some people with the power abuse it for their own benefit.

The criminal case against Robinson involved federal grant money for a school for health care workers she started running before she was elected to public office.

In July 2020, prosecutors accused Robinson of paying personal expenses from more than $600,000 in federal grant money awarded to The Healthcare Institute, which trains nurses and focuses on helping low-income minority students. She was ultimately convicted of only two of 20 counts, involving about $3,400 in wedding expenses in 2016.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/poli...-probation-for-fraud/ar-AAVfFhI?ocid=msedgntp