These are legitimate examples why all data used in child welfare, especially in child abuse and neglect policies should be considered as suspect.
Pennsylvania Judges Imprisoned For Kickback Scheme
February 9, 2010
Two judges have each agreed to plead guilty and serve more than seven years in prison for receiving kickbacks from a private juvenile detention facility. Judges Mark Ciavarella and Michael Conahan, both of the Luzerne County Common Pleas Court of Pennsylvania, were alleged to have received over $2.6 million for decisions from the bench that benefitted the construction, expansion and operation of a private juvenile detention center and also to the placement of juveniles in those facilities. In one case in 2004, it is alleged that an agreement resulted in the placement of juvenile offenders worth $58 million...more
How many children and parents are still were harmed with improper removals, malicious prosecution, and illegal incarceration? Were the state and federal data amended to reflect these horrific transgressions?
Of course not, the money continues to flow.
Ex-caseworker says she faked documents after girl’s death
February 9, 2010
By Nathan Gorenstein
INQUIRER STAFF WRITER
Within hours of 14-year-old Danieal Kelly's death, officials at the social services company responsible for her safety were rushing to produce back-dated paperwork, an effort that apparently included forging the signature of the teen's mother on a form, according to testimony today in federal court...more
If it happened in this case, how many other cases did it happen in, and how many parental rights were terminated because of it? How many children were improperly and unnecessarily removed and placed in foster care? How many children were falsely placed for adoption because of these practices?
No one will ever know.
How many of these children of this child placing agency were reunified? None.
Did the Pennsylvania Attorney General Medicaid Fraud Control Unit prosecute and recover the funds? Of course not.
For States to take any action to stop child welfare fraud, it would unravel the nation's history of abuse and neglect, being economically, technologically, politically and religiously not feasible. Therefore, the child abuse propaganda machines keep fighting for more and more money to stay in the business, with only very few voices advocating for the ones whose lives have been masticated and mangled by this very machine.
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Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Friday, September 11, 2009
Another classic example of Medicaid Fraud in child welfare
After I sit back down from another round of standing ovation to the FBI, I have to take the time to let everyone know that this ongoing investigation should be focusing on Kiddy Kickbacks in Medicaid fraud funding of this jail for kids scheme in Pennsylvania.
Two Former Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas Judges Indicted on Racketeering, Fraud, Money Laundering, Tax, and Related Charges
Dennis C. Pfannenschmidt, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania; Janice Fedaryck, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation; and Don Fort, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation Division, announced today that a federal grand jury sitting in Harrisburg has returned a 48-count indictment charging former Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas judges Michael T. Conahan and Mark A. Ciavarella, Jr. with racketeering and related charges in connection with alleged improper actions of the former judges to facilitate the construction and operation of juvenile detention facilities owned by PA Child Care, LLC and Western PA Child Care, LLC.
The indictment alleges that the defendants engaged in racketeering, fraud, money laundering, extortion, bribery, and federal tax violations and that they received millions of dollars in illegal payments. Along with the criminal charges, the indictment seeks the forfeiture of at least $2,819,500 which is alleged to be the proceeds of the charged criminal activity.
This investigation is being conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and by criminal investigators of the Internal Revenue Service.
On April 8, the FBI issued a statement requesting the public’s assistance in this ongoing investigation. Anyone with information is asked to call the public corruption task force toll free at 1-866-996-4320.
This case is part of an on-going investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Internal Revenue Service and is being prosecuted by a team of federal prosecutors led by Senior Litigation Counsel Gordon Zubrod and includes Assistant U.S. Attorneys William Houser, Michael Consiglio, Amy Phillips, and Criminal Division Chief Christian Fisanick. Pfannenschmidt praised this team of investigators and prosecutors for their tireless efforts on behalf of the people of Luzerne County.
An indictment or information is not evidence of guilt but simply a description of the charge made by the Grand Jury and/or United States Attorney against a defendant. A charged defendant is presumed innocent until a jury returns a unanimous finding that the United States has proven the defendant’s guilt beyond a reasonable doubt or until the defendant has pled guilty to the charges.
Two Former Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas Judges Indicted on Racketeering, Fraud, Money Laundering, Tax, and Related Charges
Dennis C. Pfannenschmidt, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania; Janice Fedaryck, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation; and Don Fort, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation Division, announced today that a federal grand jury sitting in Harrisburg has returned a 48-count indictment charging former Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas judges Michael T. Conahan and Mark A. Ciavarella, Jr. with racketeering and related charges in connection with alleged improper actions of the former judges to facilitate the construction and operation of juvenile detention facilities owned by PA Child Care, LLC and Western PA Child Care, LLC.
The indictment alleges that the defendants engaged in racketeering, fraud, money laundering, extortion, bribery, and federal tax violations and that they received millions of dollars in illegal payments. Along with the criminal charges, the indictment seeks the forfeiture of at least $2,819,500 which is alleged to be the proceeds of the charged criminal activity.
This investigation is being conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and by criminal investigators of the Internal Revenue Service.
On April 8, the FBI issued a statement requesting the public’s assistance in this ongoing investigation. Anyone with information is asked to call the public corruption task force toll free at 1-866-996-4320.
This case is part of an on-going investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Internal Revenue Service and is being prosecuted by a team of federal prosecutors led by Senior Litigation Counsel Gordon Zubrod and includes Assistant U.S. Attorneys William Houser, Michael Consiglio, Amy Phillips, and Criminal Division Chief Christian Fisanick. Pfannenschmidt praised this team of investigators and prosecutors for their tireless efforts on behalf of the people of Luzerne County.
An indictment or information is not evidence of guilt but simply a description of the charge made by the Grand Jury and/or United States Attorney against a defendant. A charged defendant is presumed innocent until a jury returns a unanimous finding that the United States has proven the defendant’s guilt beyond a reasonable doubt or until the defendant has pled guilty to the charges.
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