"Businessman Pays Schools $3.5M In Restitution
72-Year-Old To Serve Jail Time, Pay More Fines, Make Donation
BALTIMORE -- A 72-year-old Baltimore businessman began serving his prison term Wednesday -- but not before paying the city's school system $3.5 million.
WBAL-TV 11 News I-Team lead investigative reporter Jayne Miller reported Gilbert Sapperstein was sentenced earlier this year to an 18-month prison term for conspiracy, bribery and theft. Sapperstein's check to the school system was part of his sentence to pay restitution.
"It's the equivalent of 70 teachers and 3.5 million lunches. It's going to help tremendously in a variety of areas," district CEO Bonnie Copeland said.
Sapperstein admitted in May to cutting a deal with a former school official to steal from the school system over 12 years.
Miller reported Sapperstein owned a boiler company and the former official, Rajiv Dixit, had authority to approve certain work orders.
Prosecutors said the pair's scheme involved phony work orders, inflated invoices and kickbacks intended to line their own pockets at the school system's expense.
"This type of money is a slush fund for the greedy, and that's what Mr. Sapperstein was. He was a greedy person who wanted more and more money from the kids in the schools," state prosecutor Robert Rohrbaugh said.
Sapperstein offered no comment outside the courthouse Wednesday. Inside, as his sentence was handed down, he apologized to the School Board, called the case an embarrassment to his family and said he'd made a mistake.
Miller said that drew a quick response from the judge who reminded Sapperstein that what he really did was commit a crime.
Sapperstein must also make a $250,000 donation to a scholarship fund and pay a $120,000 fine. He also turned over to the city Wednesday a check for $130,000, which constitutes the restitution in a separate theft scheme involving the city's Department of Public Works.
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Mark Sapperstein. Donald Stone Industries Inc. Patent Theft - Polictical Corruption, Maryland Attorney General, Joseph Curran Jr.- Glibert Sapperstein- Mark Sapperstein
Stolen Technology - Patent Theft - Political Corruption - Court Corruption - Mark Sapperstein
"Donald Stone asks this court for permission to make a brief Victim Impact Statement as part of the court record at the sentencing hearing of Gilbert Sapperstein."
"Stone has suffered irreparable damage to his patent and intellectual property as a direct result of Gilbert Sapperstein's Criminal Activity for which Gilbert Sapperstein is being Sentenced"
"... a Political Corruption Investigation..."
"Tracing Gilbert Sapperstein and his son Mark Sapperstein's Criminal Activities as far back as the 1980's early 90's..."
This Document Talks about the Connection to Maryland Attorney General Joseph Curran Jr. and the connections to Gilbert Sapperstein and Mark Sapperstein along with co-conspirator Charles R. Longo.
"In late 1991 Donald Stone formed Donald Stone Industries Inc. to commercial a technology Donald Stone had invented. By late 1993 under Stone's leadership, Stone's invention, still in it's infancy appeared to have tremendous potential in a broad spectrum of application. Donald Stone had initiated numerous discussions with major U.S. Corporations. - Mark Sapperstein
Unknown to Stone, the Donald Stone Industries Inc. Corporate Attorney Greg Burgee and his law firm Miles and Stockbridge and the secretarty / treasure of this company Bruff J. Procter wer involved in numerous fraudulant schemes such as money laundering and federal bankruptcy fraud, primarily hiding the assets of the bankruptcies of Charles R. Longo in legitimate business such as Donald Stone Industries Inc." - Mark Sapperstein
Foley and Lardner,
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