Comments on: FCC: No prison for 26 charged defendants?

By: tayler

tayler — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:02:00 +0000

I’m not sure. I heard the arraignment was last Tuesday, December 15. I think that’s when the Judge determines the court date, if the any of the defendants plead not guilty.

By: drea

drea — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 14:53:36 +0000

Just wondering how do we find out when the court date is for the 26 people that were arrested for defrauding the fcc’s funding??

By: What?!

What?! — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 07:02:15 +0000

Today on December 10, someone mentioned about these 26 charged defendants so I looked up in Google for more information, especially the name of the defendants. I knew some of the defendants from Gallaudet, but do not know them personally. I further investigated the nature of the case. Ah, I am not surprised to hear the fact that they may have overcharged the government thru the use of VRS. I remember hearing the complaints for some time. We are talking about the misuse of 50 million dollars. That’s a lot of money. I must say this … somebody must be prosecuted to be set as an example for stealing the federal money. I hope that the federal government do not take them lightly, due to their disability. They broke the law and they should be seen as CRIMINALS.

By: Ernie

Ernie — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 14:24:12 +0000

I think the most damaging evidence against John Yeh can be found in Indictment 1, page 11, #35 which reads: On or about July 21, 2007, defendant John Yeh sent an e-mail to Larry Berke, stating “your calls should look good – not too perfect and too long hours. Important not raise ‘red flag’ for FCC to see it. Understand me?” . . . To me this is a clear evidence in encouraging others to commit a fraud. I think Yeh should get some jail time plus fines among others. The DOJ better not let him get away with a slap on his wrists. As for others, they should receive some kind fines, loss of assets as well as some jail time. FCC is NOT to be messed with. If it was bad enough, the FCC could have shut down the whole VRS business including Sorenson’s which could push us back to TTY ice age. Hopefully, that can be served as a lesson to other present and future VRS businesses. As the old saying goes . . . “Money is the root of all evil” and it could never be truer in this case!

By: scot

scot — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 21:38:26 +0000

Being a foreman on a grand jury, it is very common to see some sort of forfeiture as part of an indictment count. Forfeiture simply means if the accused is indicted for all of the counts, then the accused will automatically forfeit the evidence, possession, funds, or anything that is associated with all of the indictments. An indictment simply states that there is enough evidence for a regular petit jury trial. So, these 26 individuals have NOT been charged of the crimes yet, just simply indicted by the grand jury to go to trial.