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Former Florida Correctional Privatization Commission Official Pleads Guilty to Stealing State Funds
Former Florida Correctional Privatization Commission Official Pleads Guilty to Stealing State Funds
by David M. Reutter
The former Executive Director of Floridas now defunct Correctional Privatization Commission (CPC) has pled guilty to charges of fraud and money laundering involving almost $225,000 in state funds.
Alan Duffee headed the CPC from May ...
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