NGO thief avoids jail, restitution is optional

The above video is dated Nov 7, 2022.

https://youtu.be/2k6AzEqs29U?si=DAtfDg-mmEs2RCxp

On Thursday, that is how Federal Judge Judy Milazzo, 69, ruled in the Zoe Marie Francis case in New Orleans.

Details of her theft are in this story:

Restitution, jail awaits NGO thief

https://nakedtruth.news/nakedtruthnews/restitution-zoe-francis-iwes-ford-dorothy-peprah-ghsa-usaid-kings-stephani-hatch-denese-shervington-ava-michele-moore-aclu-kandice-doley-stephani-hatch-dorothy-peprah-erica-gollub-jacqueline-coleman?rq=zoe%20francis

Instead of a maximum ten-year prison term, Zoe Marie Francis received:

  • three years of probation

https://www.justice.gov/usao-edla/pr/non-profit-executive-convicted-theft-federal-funds

  • gets to keep the $250,000 she stole

  • can ignore paying $201,276.07 in restitution at $500 a month for 33 years without interest.

The Federal Judge in this case is Jane Triche Milazzo, age 69, of the Eastern District of Louisiana in New Orleans.

https://www.laed.uscourts.gov/judges-information/judge/honorable-jane-triche-milazzo

The defendant agreed to pay $250,000 in restitution as part of her Jan. 4th plea deal.

Here is the relevant court ruling from Monday, Page Four:

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