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Michael T. Conahan is a convicted felon and former judge from Luzerne County Pennsylvaniawho committed the Kids for cash scandal in2008 with fellow judge Mark Ciavarella.Conahan as president judge used his budgetary discretion to stop funding thecounty public youth detention facility and agreed to send teens instead to a new private facility. He is accused of agreeing to generate at least $1.3 million per year in costs that could be billed to taxpayers in exchange for kickbacks.

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