Proof Positive that old people can be sick and twisted, too. I hope they give these freaks the maximum penalty and spend their time in prison being forced into submission by some big scary inmate for the rest of their miserable and pathetic lives.
WICHITA, Kan. — The married owners of a group home for the mentally ill were convicted Monday of enslaving its residents, forcing them to work naked and perform sex acts, and illegally billing their families and the federal government for therapy.
Arlan Kaufman, 69, and his wife, Linda, 62, were convicted of 30 federal charges, including health care fraud, Medicare fraud, forced labor and holding clients in involuntary servitude at the Kaufman House Residential Treatment Center. The convictions could put them in prison for the rest of their lives.
The couple was accused of forcing residents to masturbate, fondle each other and shave each other's genitals — activities Arlan Kaufman videotaped. The Kaufmans claimed that nude therapy sessions and other treatment methods had therapeutic value for schizophrenic patients, and that having residents act out problem behavior helped them avoid repeating it. Arlan Kaufman insisted that the residents' behavior was voluntary.
Justice Department lawyer Kristy Parker told jurors the residents were turned into "uncompensated actors in a never-ending pornographic movie." The defense had portrayed the couple as respected professionals who were married 40 years and raised three children of their own. "It was therapy. No one was harmed. They were helped," Arlan Kaufman's attorney, Tom Haney, told jurors.
(I'm so glad to hear that my tax dollars went towards these sickos...)
Arlan Kaufman, 69, and his wife, Linda, 62, were convicted of 30 federal charges, including health care fraud, Medicare fraud, forced labor and holding clients in involuntary servitude at the Kaufman House Residential Treatment Center. The convictions could put them in prison for the rest of their lives.
The couple was accused of forcing residents to masturbate, fondle each other and shave each other's genitals — activities Arlan Kaufman videotaped. The Kaufmans claimed that nude therapy sessions and other treatment methods had therapeutic value for schizophrenic patients, and that having residents act out problem behavior helped them avoid repeating it. Arlan Kaufman insisted that the residents' behavior was voluntary.
Justice Department lawyer Kristy Parker told jurors the residents were turned into "uncompensated actors in a never-ending pornographic movie." The defense had portrayed the couple as respected professionals who were married 40 years and raised three children of their own. "It was therapy. No one was harmed. They were helped," Arlan Kaufman's attorney, Tom Haney, told jurors.
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