7 Plead Guilty for E-rate Fraud
Seven defendants pled guilty to defrauding the USF E-rate program, said Geoffrey Berman, U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, on Wednesday (see 1808300030). Sentencing is scheduled for May and June. As part of their plea agreements, defendants…
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will forfeit millions of dollars in overpayments and restitution. The defendants were Peretz Klein, Susan Klein, Simon Goldbrener, Moshe Schwartz, Ben Klein, Sholem Steinberg and Aron Melber. Each pled guilty to one count of conspiring to steal E-rate funds intended for underprivileged schools in Rockland County, New York.