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Insurance agent from Vernal gets jail for fraud

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G | 8:34 a.m. July 7, 2008
The defense attorny what to let him be under house arrest to tend to his hay? I say his farm should be seized, his home should be seized, his business should be seized, all his assets and belonging should be seized and sold to make immediate restitution to his victims.
Not just hay | 1:31 p.m. July 7, 2008
It isn't just a matter of tending to the hay. If his home is seized, and all his property, he will have no way to repay all of the debt he owes, his family will be homeless, and I doubt they had any part of his fraudulent activities. He definitely must make restitution to his victims, but he needs to have a means by which to do that. In past times, debtors were thrown into debtors' prison, which makes no sense to me--how can the debtor make any payments if he is not able to work? In this case, if Mr. Timothy has no means by which to repay, it will make as much sense as the old debtors' prison. Yes, his family could help pay, but not if they have no home and no livelihood. Sometimes sentences need to be practical, and not just punitive.

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