Man Sentenced for Defrauding Charity
The former president of the Marine Corps Toys for Tots Foundation, who defrauded the organization of $1.8 million, was sentenced in Brooklyn, N.Y., to nearly five years in prison and ordered to repay the nonprofit charity for its losses. Indicted on 22 counts, Jerry Lee King pleaded guilty in March to one count of wire fraud and one count of making false statements on a tax return. Investigators found that King used his position as chairman and founder of the foundation from 1991 to 1993 to divert money through at least five secret bank accounts in Hong Kong.
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