October 17, 2012, 10:42 am
A New Jersey judge has ordered a nonprofit legal-aid charity and its founder to pay $2.2-million for allegedly soliciting payments from prison inmates but doing little or no work for them, reports The Star-Ledger of Newark.
The order entered last week in Essex County Superior Court also bars Bruce Buccolo, of West Orange, N.J., and his organization, the Project Freedom Fund, from offering legal services in the state.
The court acted after Mr. Buccolo and the charity failed to respond to a complaint filed last year by the New Jersey attorney general?s office alleging that the fund charged inmates and their families $350 fees for legal consultations but rarely performed any services of value in return.
Mr. Buccolo?denied the accusations in an interview with The Star-Ledger last year, saying, ?There?s no scam here.? The newspaper could not reach him for comment on the court order.
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