Man pleads guilty to bilking Mass. Catholic school
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A fundraiser accused of bilking a Massachusetts school run by an order of Roman Catholic nuns out of more than $360,000 has pleaded guilty and been sentenced to two years in prison.
Michael Hlady (huh-LAY'-dee) pleaded guilty to stealing the money from Venerini Academy in Worcester (WUS'-tur) and to misleading the school into believing that a well-known philanthropist was preparing to make a multimillion-dollar donation.
Superior Court Judge James Lemire sentenced the 37-year-old Greenville, R.I., resident and also ordered him to make full restitution to the school. He has also been ordered to undergo counseling for gambling addiction.
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Attorney General Martha Coakley says Hlady preyed on the trusting nature of the Venerini Sisters to defraud the school.
Hlady was arrested in March 2010.