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...wake of campus financial scandals such as the Hasty Pudding theft, in which Randy J. Gomes and Suzanne M. Pomey recently pled guilty to embezzling almost $100,000 from the organization, College administrators have sought new ways to keep tabs on student group spending...
Allowing Gomes and Pomey this escape would be a judicial farce—a denial of the basic idea that felony larceny carries long-term consequences. The punishment for their admitted theft must be more permanent than repayment of the stolen funds and two years’ probation. The prosecutor’s recommendation that both receive time in prison and perform community service, in addition to fully compensating the Pudding, is far more reasonable. If their guilty pleas are accepted, Gomes and Pomey should be punished like other felons convicted of larceny—they deserve neither special treatment...
...Pomey will likely face disciplinary action by the Harvard Administrative Board. If their guilty pleas are accepted and they are convicted of larceny, even though Gomes and Pomey have completed their graduation requirements, they should be dismissed from the University for conduct unbecoming Harvard students. The University cannot tolerate theft from a student organization. Gomes and Pomey have unequivocally demonstrated that they lack any respect for Harvard’s values of integrity and truth, and they do not deserve to be Harvard alumni...
...early 2000, council Vice President John A. Burton ’01 was impeached for his alleged theft of over 100 pin-on buttons from the Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Transgender and Supporters’ Alliance office for use in his campaign with his running mate, council President Fentrice D. Driskell...
...radical Islamist groups, including those linked with al-Qaeda, have over the years built an elaborate criminal infrastructure - relying on low-key logistical operatives rather than their best-trained combatants - that can generate a continuous flow of funds through seemingly apolitical petty crime, such as credit card fraud, car theft and so on. Even if these operatives are caught, they have in many instances been tried, convicted and sentenced to short spells in prison without their terror connection becoming apparent. Of course such actions can only generate jihad in increments of $5,000 to $10,000 per crime...