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TULARE COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – The erstwhile CEO of Tulare's Health Conglomerate Association was sentenced Thursday for crimes related to nationalist corruption and made to wage $2.4 cardinal successful restitution.
The Tulare County Superior Court sentenced Yorai “Benny” Benzeevi, 62, to the pursuing aft helium pleaded nary contention connected Feb. 9 to six felony counts of struggle of involvement and 2 misdemeanor counts including nonaccomplishment to timely disclose run expenditures and utilizing an authoritative presumption for idiosyncratic gain:
- Restitution of $2.4 million, which has been paid successful afloat to Tulare Local Healthcare District ($2 million) and Southern Inyo Healthcare District ($400,000)
- 600 hours of assemblage service, which person been completed
- Time served successful custody, which has been served
- Two years probation
The Office of the District Attorney says they argued for a one-year condemnation successful custody successful summation to restitution and assemblage service.
"Our absorption was to financially reconstruct the losses caused by the suspect portion having him admit his guilt. I judge that extremity has been met. However, we cannot hide the quality and highly idiosyncratic toll the defendant’s actions took connected the community," District Attorney Tim Ward said. "Though we advocated for clip successful custody, we respect the court’s decisions today."
Ward adds that helium looks guardant to focusing efforts connected the remaining defendant.
