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Facility Manager Sentenced to Prison for $20M Kickback Scheme

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English - December 06, 2023 17:00 - 3 minutes - 2.25 MB - ★★★★★ - 1 rating
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A 69-year-old facility manager has been sentenced to 42 months in federal prison following a guilty plea for a kickback scheme that defrauded his employer of over $20 million. 

According to a Department of Justice press release, Elliott Dennis Kleinman and fellow facility manager Eugene DiNoto used their management positions to launch a fraudulent billing scheme at their workplace, dubbed "Company 1" in the DOJ release. 

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