Buckhalter to prison
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They blow through a bunch of cash and then come to the realization that it is a finite amount with an end point. The money is gone and they'll never earn like that again, but they got accustomed to a certain lifestyle. Makes people do desperate things to keep it.
I'm surprised this case took as long as it did. He'll get out in a couple of months for good behavior and be fine. Screwed up but he'll be okay. Lots of people don't believe that filing false claims with insurance companies is a crime. I think the idea is "screw the fat cat corporations". Now if we could just prosecute insurance companies for all of the money they extort out of us.
It's kind of wild that fraud in that amount (around $4 million in total bogus claims that I read in an article) only nets you 10 months in prison with 10 months of house arrest. I would've thought you'd get a longer sentence than that.
White collar crime with no single person affected. He'll do his time in a minimum security situation more than likely. He's not exactly a high risk offender where you're worried about him repeating.
I agree with that, just seems odd though given the sheer amount of money involved that it wasn't a longer sentence is all I'm saying.
I wonder how much of the money they got back. I'm sure some of the character references didn't hurt. I would assume there are some sentencing guidelines and right now with COVID they're doing their best to try to limit incarcerations. One medium security prison I've visited with a ministry group cut their inmate population in half with early releases and that isn't in a blue state.