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Guilty Pleas in Angola Horse Selling Scheme
Loaded on July 15, 2010
by David Reutter
published in Prison Legal News
July, 2010, page 26
by David M. Reutter
Filed under:
Contractor Misconduct,
Guard Misconduct,
Work,
Prison Industries,
Criminal Prosecution.
Location:
Louisiana.
A federal investigation uncovered a fraudulent scheme at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola in which horses were sold to private parties, bypassing required public auctions. Two indictments were handed down that resulted in guilty pleas.
On September 19, 2007, a federal grand jury returned an ...
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