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Charity con man can be asked to pay restitution, court rules

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A Maryland saxophone player who was convicted of defrauding a Montana charity could be required to pay restitution to victims of similar schemes throughout the country, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled. Donald "Ski" Johnson, using at least two aliases, misrepresented himself as a Grammy-nominated artist and sought invitations to charity golf tournaments in exchange for travel and lodging expenses about a dozen times between 2011 and 2014, federal prosecutors say. Johnson also lied in saying he worked for the music company Sony, that he represented other top celebrities and was raising money for a children's cancer charity, the Jazz for Life Foundation, that prosecutors said benefited only him, court records said.

 

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