Oren Paris gets three years for Christian college kickback scheme
The sentencing hearing has begun in Fayetteville for Oren Paris III, the former president of Ecclesia College, who's pleaded guilty to paying kickbacks in return for state money funneled to the college. The government has recommended an offense level that could produce a sentence ranging from 87 to 108 months, but Judge Timothy Brooks has not imposed the maximum guideline sentencing in two previous related cases. UPDATE: Oren Paris III, the former president of Ecclesia College, who's pleaded guilty to paying kickbacks in return for state money funneled to the college,, was sentenced today to three years in federal prison, three years of supervised release and ordered to pay restitution of $621,500.