Patrick Henry Stewart stole $1.8 million from his employer before being caught, but he won’t be going to prison; U.S. District Court Judge James Moody Jr. bought his claim that the antidepressant Paxil caused his embezzling, and was sentenced Monday to 12 months of home confinement and five years’ probation instead of the 41-51 months the U.S. Attorney recommended. Stewart had originally claimed that he began embezzling because he was angry over his employer’s reneging on a promised six-digit bonus before changing his story successfully; his inability to control his actions didn’t extend to lying about the scope of the fraud when caught. (Scott Barancik, “Ex-Jabil exec won’t go to prison”, St. Petersburg Times, Nov. 21 (via Obscure Store)).
Judge agrees with exec: the Paxil made me do it
Patrick Henry Stewart stole $1.8 million from his employer before being caught, but he won’t be going to prison; U.S. District Court Judge James Moody Jr. bought his claim that the antidepressant Paxil caused his embezzling, and was sentenced Monday to 12 months of home confinement and five years’ probation instead of the 41-51 months […]
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Perhaps the makers of Paxil should have listed embezzlement as a side effect.
Aaron Smith,
I was going to laugh at that, but then I realized that there are lawyers out ther who would actually suggest that, jusst so they could su them for NOT doing so. That made it less funny.