Ira Kurman, 55, the former executive director of the Island Child Development Center, a government-funded facility that provided special education services to children, in Far Rockaway, was sentenced to six months in jail, five years of probation and has to pay $650,000 in restitution, after pleading guilty on March 26 to grand larceny for his role in embezzling $17 million intended for the facility.
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By Tyler Marko
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3/29/18
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A pair of Five Towns residents and a Queens rabbi will be sentenced for their part in a scheme to embezzle more than $17 million of city and state funding.
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By Jeff Bessen
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5/4/17
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Four men, including two Five Towns residents, were indicted for a scheme where they allegedly stole more than $12.4 million in city and state money between 2005 and 2012 — funding that was expected to help special needs students between 3- and 5-years-old — from a Far Rockaway pre-school.
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By Jeff Bessen
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5/15/14
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