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Article: BAKKER GETS A COLLEGE-LENGTH SENTENCE, AND HIS VICTIMS GET AN EDUCATION.(Religion)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
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- August 31, 1991
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Byline: Michael Hirsley Chicago Tribune
For Jim Bakker, the former televangelist convicted of fraud resulting in one of history's most overbooked hotels, the penalty could be the equivalent of a college education, timewise at least.
He will be eligible for parole in four years.
The federal judge who resentenced Bakker last week removed the $500,000 fine earlier imposed and made no other provision for restitution. As a result, those victims who bought unavailable time-sharing - some in a hotel that was never finished - have just completed their own four-year education.
In 1987, the unfolding fiscal scandal of Bakker's PTL ministry was a ...