Legal Opinion
United States v. John G. Bennett, Jr.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided November 16, 1998No. 97-1816PublishedCited by 115 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
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This is an appeal from a judgment of sentence and certain pretrial rulings on a nolo contendere plea entered by defendant John G. Bennett, Jr., President of New Era Philanthropy. Bennett was sentenced to 144 months in prison for perpetrating the largest charity fraud in history, a six-year scheme in which he solicited over $350 million in contributions for a bogus “matching” program. We will affirm.
I. FACTUAL BACKGROUND AND PROCEEDINGS
In 1989, Bennett encountered financial difficulties in connection with several of his businesses. As a consequence,…
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