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Trainers of Reno Family Court Judges Pay on Charges of Fraud.

The following excerpt is from the Reno Gazette Journal. You can read the entire article at this link: http://rgj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080430/NEWS01/804300445

A Reno-based nonprofit organization that trains and educates juvenile and family court judges has agreed to pay $300,000 to the U.S. Department of Justice to settle claims that it committed fraud to secure grant money used to hire "ghost" workers and spouses of employees.

Serena Hulbert, a special projects manager at the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges fired as a "troublemaker" after questioning the group's billing practices, filed a separate suit last week saying she was wrongfully terminated for questioning the bogus grant transactions.

The organization did not admit wrongdoing. However, the settlement leaves open the possibility of criminal action. Natalie Collins, spokeswoman for the Nevada U.S. attorney's office, declined to say whether criminal charges would be sought.

Hulbert's lawyer, Mark Thierman, said although the organization was ordered to pay $300,000, the government investigation found $2.4 million in misused funds.

"We are a nation of laws, no one is above the law. As your assembly district 32 candidate I insist that this corruption and the people responsible are punished to the fullest extent of the law.

   Michael Nance