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The Arkansas Attorney General’s Office said Tuesday that it will ask that Joseph Schwartz, the former Arkansas nursing home operator who was recently pardoned by President Donald Trump, be ordered to report to Arkansas prison.
“Joseph Schwartz must serve 31 more days in an Arkansas prison before he is eligible for parole,” the Arkansas Attorney General’s Office told Arkansas Business via email.
In April, Schwartz pleaded guilty to one count of Medicaid fraud and one count related to tax evasion and was sentenced to a year in the Arkansas Department of Corrections.
Schwartz also pleaded guilty to some charges in federal court in New Jersey. He was sentenced to three years in federal prison for his role in a $38 million employment tax fraud scheme involving nursing homes he owned across the country.
But on Nov. 14, Trump pardoned Schwartz, of Suffern, New York, for his crimes in the federal case. The pardon didn’t remove his state charges.
The Arkansas attorney general’s office said it filed a motion Tuesday asking that Schwartz be ordered to report to the Arkansas Department of Corrections within seven days of the entry of the order to serve out the remainder of his sentence.
“In addition to his prison time, he still owes more than $1 million to the State in restitution and fees,” the attorney general’s office said. “We will ensure he fulfills all of his obligations to the State.”
In August, Schwartz paid a total of $133,203 in restitution, according to court records.
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