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Swindled

10. The Judges (Kids for Cash)

Swindled

A Concerned Citizen

True Crime, History, Documentary, Society & Culture

4.79.7K Ratings

🗓️ 15 April 2018

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Two Luzerne County judges are accused of accepting over $2 million in kickbacks in exchange for imposing harsh sentences on juveniles to increase occupancy at for-profit detention centers. Prelude: Luzerne County Commissioner Greg Skrepenak is involved in a pay-to-play corruption scandal. –––-–---------------------------------------- PATREON: Patreon.com/Swindled DONATE: SwindledPodcast.com/Support CONSUME: SwindledPodcast.com/Shop –––-–---------------------------------------- FOLLOW: SwindledPodcast.com Instagram.com/SwindledPodcast Twitter.com/SwindledPodcast Facebook.com/SwindledPodcast Thanks for listening. :-) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

My childhood in a nutshell, well it all started in Northampton in the 80s.

0:06.3

I didn't even know I was in the closet but I did find George Mikel in there.

0:10.7

My dad was the manager of the local football club,

0:13.5

but the only thing I was tackling was a good act of a Christie.

0:16.7

I don't know why I'm telling you about it.

0:18.6

They've only gone and turned it into a series.

0:20.7

So do yourself a favour and watch my awkward years in glorious technicala,

0:25.3

changing in stream free on ITVX.

0:28.0

Comedy is back in the building.

0:30.1

Maltesers salute the mother lovers.

0:33.5

They can be your boss, your partner, your friend or, you know, yourself.

0:38.2

One thing we know is that every mum deserves a mother lover.

0:42.1

Find helpful tips for mums and mother lovers at mortesers.co.uk.

0:47.0

Maltesers, less light in the load for working mums.

0:50.7

This is a cleansing process that we're going through now.

0:53.5

The county is being cleaned up.

0:55.2

It's being cleaned up of an awful lot of scents that have taken place in the past.

1:00.5

That's the voice of Lou Zerne County Commissioner Steve Urban from 2009.

1:05.8

He's referring to an effort by the federal government to expose and correct the widespread

1:09.5

corruption problems that continue to plague Pennsylvania's co-counties.

1:15.2

Northeastern Pennsylvania has been considered one of the most corrupt regions of the United

1:19.2

States since the 1920s.

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