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August 11, 2015
$4.75M 'Kids For Cash' Settlement Gets Initial Approval
A Pennsylvania federal judge preliminarily approved a $4.75 million deal Monday to end one prong of four consolidated class actions on behalf of juvenile offenders whom a pair of corrupt state judges sentenced in the notorious "kids for cash" kickback scandal.
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March 25, 2015
'Kids For Cash' Detention Center Cos. Blast Settlement Bid
The Pennsylvania detention center operators in a class action seeking damages over the notorious "kids for cash" kickback scheme objected Wednesday to a proposed $4.75 million settlement with a former detention center owner, saying the terms violate a separate agreement to keep them from further payments.
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January 05, 2015
Pa. Judge Resists Testifying In 'Kids For Cash' Trial
The Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts asked a federal court Monday to not require a state court judge to testify in a January class action trial seeking damages from the prison builder behind the notorious "kids for cash" scheme, which involved kickbacks to two other Pennsylvania judges.
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December 16, 2011
Builders Settle 'Kids For Cash' Class Actions For $18M
Mericle Construction Inc. and its president agreed Friday to pay about $17.8 million to settle several class actions over the notorious "kids for cash" scheme, which ended in prison sentences for judges who allegedly took $2.8 million in kickbacks to steer juvenile offenders to private detention centers.