Jail for claiming son killed on 9/11

MrYogi

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http://news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,7292617%255E1702,00.html
A MAN who lied about having a son who died in the World Trade Centre attack to get $US160,000 ($242,240) in charity funds was sentenced today to more than a decade in prison.

Prosecutors said the father of 12 made up a 13th child so he could steal relief money from the American Red Cross and Safe Horizons.

Cyril Kendall, 54, was given a sentence of 11 to 33 years in prison.

He was convicted on August 7 of grand larceny and offering a false instrument for claiming his imaginary 29-year-old son, Wilfred Kendall, had been in the trade centre on September 11 and was killed when the towers collapsed.

Kendall said he used $US95,000 for family grief counselling and the remainder on related expenditures, including a memorial service
 

Saulbadguy

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Originally posted by: MrYogi
http://news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,7292617%255E1702,00.html
A MAN who lied about having a son who died in the World Trade Centre attack to get $US160,000 ($242,240) in charity funds was sentenced today to more than a decade in prison.

Prosecutors said the father of 12 made up a 13th child so he could steal relief money from the American Red Cross and Safe Horizons.

Cyril Kendall, 54, was given a sentence of 11 to 33 years in prison.

He was convicted on August 7 of grand larceny and offering a false instrument for claiming his imaginary 29-year-old son, Wilfred Kendall, had been in the trade centre on September 11 and was killed when the towers collapsed.

Kendall said he used $US95,000 for family grief counselling and the remainder on related expenditures, including a memorial service

Pretty harsh punishment. I doubt he will serve that long.
 

Ness

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I'm glad to hear that he get what he deserved.


However, they should have required him to repay all the money, and stuck him with a ridiculous amount of community service with the red cross and safe horizons.
 

Saulbadguy

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Originally posted by: ness1469
I'm glad to hear that he get what he deserved.


However, they should have required him to repay all the money, and stuck him with a ridiculous amount of community service with the red cross and safe horizons.

Agreed. Prison will only hurt his other...12 children.
 

jfall

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How would he have just made up a 13th son and got it by them? I would have thought that a lot of people would have tried to do this when they heard about all that money from the settlements
 

StageLeft

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The guy is obviously a moron. Not just for this but for having 12 real kids. Stop fvcking!
 

Mookow

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Originally posted by: Skoorb
The guy is obviously a moron. Not just for this but for having 12 real kids. Stop fvcking!

Or, figure out that condoms arent for use on your fingers...
 

djheater

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Originally posted by: Mookow
Originally posted by: Skoorb
The guy is obviously a moron. Not just for this but for having 12 real kids. Stop fvcking!

Or, figure out that condoms arent for use on your fingers...


Perhaps he's a devout Catholic. Do they still believe that?
 

Storm

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Originally posted by: ness1469
I'm glad to hear that he get what he deserved.


However, they should have required him to repay all the money, and stuck him with a ridiculous amount of community service with the red cross and safe horizons.

I agree that would have been a better punishment.