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11-25-19 10:32 AM - Post#292221
In response to SteveChop
Philip Esformes was sentenced on Thursday.
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/article237 5...
- Esformes, found guilty of various bribery, kickback and money-laundering charges, was ordered to reimburse $5 million in losses incurred by the Medicare system and pay about $39 million in a forfeiture judgment to the U.S. government as punishment for his crime. He also must pay an additional $617,000 for the government’s cost of his incarceration.
Justice Department prosecutors urged U.S. District Judge Robert Scola to make Esformes pay dearly with his deep pockets, proposing $207 million in restitution to Medicare. But Scola opted to go with a “conservative†loss to the government’s health insurance program based on evidence at the executive’s trial in April.
The judge, however, agreed with the prosecutors’ forfeiture proposal. “I gave him a lesser number of years in prison in anticipation of a significant financial penalty,†Scola said in Miami federal court. -
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Martin Fox, who was hired by Philip Esformes to coach his son prior to Allen's involvement (https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019 -07-25/college-admissions -scandal-clues ) and later offered $100,000 to Allen to get another player into Penn (https://www.si.com/nba/2019/07/11/jerome -allen-penn-basketball-br ibery-case-ncaa-celtics-p hilip-esformes ), plead guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit racketeering after agreeing to a plea deal in late October for his part in the Operation Varsity Blues scandal.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/martin-fox-colle ge-ad...
- The former president of a private tennis academy in Texas pleaded guilty on Friday in connection with the college admissions scandal, authorities said. Martin Fox facilitated bribes to two other individuals involved in the scheme, collecting $245,000 in the process, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts said in a news release.
The 62-year-old pled guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit racketeering after agreeing to a plea deal in late October. He could be sentenced to a maximum of 20 years at the February 14 hearing — but in exchange for his plea, the government will recommend a sentence at the low end of the sentencing guidelines, as well as one year of supervised release, a fine and restitution. He will also return the money he received from the scheme. -
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