Trump commuted sentence of fraudster who stole from NZ family

Trump commuted sentence of fraudster who stole from NZ family
Bevan Hurley
Among a slew of last-minute pardons made by former United States president Donald Trump on Jan. 19, Eliyahu’s Weinstein clemency gained little attention alongside the celebrities, political operatives and white collar criminals.Weinstein was a third of the way through a 24-year sentence for running a US$200 million Ponzi scheme stealing money from fellow members of the ultra-orthodox Jewish community in his hometown of Lakewood, New Jersey.While he was out on bail awaiting trial for that crime, Weinstein cooked up a scheme to pay his...

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