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Jail for claiming son killed on 9/11

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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
 
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
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Pretty harsh punishment. I doubt he will serve that long.
 
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.
 
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.
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Agreed. Prison will only hurt his other...12 children.
 
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
 
Originally posted by: Skoorb
The guy is obviously a moron. Not just for this but for having 12 real kids. Stop fvcking!
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Or, figure out that condoms arent for use on your fingers...
 
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!
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Or, figure out that condoms arent for use on your fingers...
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Perhaps he's a devout Catholic. Do they still believe that?
 
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.
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I agree that would have been a better punishment.
 
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