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Former candidate Jennifer Suidan sentenced to probation for stealing […$150K in campaign funds]
Oakland Press ^ | 4/30/2019 | Aileen Wingblad

Posted on 05/06/2019 9:10:48 AM PDT by simpson96

A former candidate for the state House of Representatives who embezzled nearly $150,000 of campaign funds from Oakland County treasurer Andy Meisner has been sentenced to probation and ordered to repay the stolen money.

On Tuesday in Oakland County Circuit Court, Judge Nanci Grant ordered Jennifer Suidan, 34 of Wolverine Lake, to serve five years probation and make consistent, monthly payments to cover $98,304 she stole from Meisner and $51,000 she stole from the Goodman Acker law firm, which Meisner had hired to manage his campaign funds. Suidan had gained access to the funds — including the law firm’s retainer that Meisner was charged — while she was employed at Goodman Acker, writing 67 bogus checks and making ATM withdrawals.

Suidan, who had an unsuccessful run in last November’s election for state representative of Oakland County’s 39th District, faced up to 20 years in prison after pleading no contest in March to the embezzlement charge. At the sentencing hearing, Grant said keeping her out of jail so she could pay back the money was preferable to locking her up — yet warned Suidan that if she didn’t maintain regular payments for restitution she’d find herself behind bars. Grant also ordered her to serve 100 hours of community service, participate in mental health treatment and write letters of apology to Meisner and Goodman Acker.

(Excerpt) Read more at theoaklandpress.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: andymeisner; california; jennifersuidan; nancigrant; oaklandcounty; wolverinelake

She's a democrat, and the word "Democrat" is nowhere in the article - of course.

1 posted on 05/06/2019 9:10:48 AM PDT by simpson96
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To: simpson96

$150K buys a lot of Haagen-Dazs.


2 posted on 05/06/2019 9:11:43 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: simpson96

If I stole $150k, would I be running around loose?


3 posted on 05/06/2019 9:13:41 AM PDT by JimRed ( TERM LIMITS, NOW! Build the Wall Faster! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: simpson96

4 posted on 05/06/2019 9:18:10 AM PDT by rjsimmon (The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)
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To: simpson96

Yup, used the law of “missing party affiliation” to KNOW that the bimbo was a Dimbocrat.


5 posted on 05/06/2019 9:19:05 AM PDT by Da Coyote
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“used the law of “missing party affiliation” to KNOW that the bimbo was a Dimbocrat.”

Amazing how that works.


6 posted on 05/06/2019 9:23:14 AM PDT by Grampa Dave ( One of President TrumpÂ’s Clinging, Deploreable, Low IQ, Dreg supporters helping to MAGA!))
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To: simpson96

She’s got an early Roseanne look to her, well before she became a “conservative”.

Hey, maybe that’s why we never hear about her lately. ‘Rat freaks would get confused between her last name and the AG’s.


7 posted on 05/06/2019 9:24:35 AM PDT by treetopsandroofs
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To: simpson96

I’m sorry, but we are going to have to start hanging thieves.

There are too many of them and they aren’t afraid of prison.


8 posted on 05/06/2019 9:29:32 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: simpson96

Did she hide stacks of $20s under her chins for safe keeping?


9 posted on 05/06/2019 9:30:02 AM PDT by Two Kids' Dad (((( Wake me when a prominent democrat gets prosecuted. ))))
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To: simpson96
She's a democrat, and the word "Democrat" is nowhere in the article...

Well, at least the word "democrat" is written all over her mugly face.

10 posted on 05/06/2019 9:40:19 AM PDT by C210N (You can vote your way into Socialism; but, you have to shoot your way out of it.)
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To: simpson96

This Just In: Suidan signs contract to replaced Mama June on Honey Boo Boo.


11 posted on 05/06/2019 9:43:09 AM PDT by MIchaelTArchangel
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To: simpson96

What a nasty ugly double standard this justice system has become.


12 posted on 05/06/2019 9:53:29 AM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: JimRed

I dont know. Why dont you give it a try?


13 posted on 05/06/2019 9:57:38 AM PDT by lowbridge
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To: JimRed

If I stole $150k, would I be running around loose?


I don’t know. Embezzlers often get off with no jail time. I personally know of a couple of cases. One, a woman worked for a company for over 20 years, stealing just a little at a time so that it wasn’t really noticed. By the time they caught her she had gotten away with close to $300,000. To avoid bad publicity, her company let her pay it back and not do jail time.

Another more egregious case involved a guy working for the local university. He got away with around $200,000. Turns out, he had done the same thing at his previous job—another university. Agreed to pay it back and he went on his merry way. His next job was at a charity in Florida where he did the same thing. Don’t know if he avoided jail time for that.


14 posted on 05/06/2019 10:08:17 AM PDT by hanamizu
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To: simpson96
to fill the empty void feeling in my life

Well, I hope you have a very meaningful life in jail. Ha, ha!

15 posted on 05/06/2019 10:17:58 AM PDT by Right Wing Assault (Kill-googl,TWTR,FCBK,NYT,WaPo,Hlwd,CNN,NFL,BLM,CAIR,Antfa,SPLC,ESPN,NPR,NBA,ARP)
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To: blueunicorn6

I kind of support the muslimish method of dealing with thieves...chop off a hand.


16 posted on 05/06/2019 10:18:51 AM PDT by moovova
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To: hanamizu

Crime sort of paid for those two for a while.


17 posted on 05/06/2019 11:37:48 AM PDT by wally_bert (Disc jockeys are as interchangeable as spark plugs.)
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To: Two Kids' Dad

Did she hide stacks of $20s under her chins for safe keeping?

Recall that great Illinois statesmen/grifter , Pual ‘Shoebox’ Powell:
After Powell’s funeral, his friend John Rendleman, chancellor of Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville, opened the secretary of state’s Springfield hotel room, and found $800,000 cash, in shoe boxes, strongboxes and briefcases, all hidden in the closet.

https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/The-12-Most-Corrupt-Public-Officials-In-Illinois-History-Paul-Powell-137770368.html


18 posted on 05/06/2019 12:29:48 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT ("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!")
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To: simpson96

Surely, she can still run for office in lib CA? Being on probation allows her to attend rallies. Hey, all that campaign money will help with her fines.


19 posted on 05/06/2019 2:39:21 PM PDT by bgill (when you badmouth women, you are badmouthing your mama and the good women on FR)
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