Former Bridgeport nursing home owner sentenced to prison for embezzlement
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The former owner of Bridgeport Health Care’s Bridgeport Manor was sentenced to prison Tuesday.Ned Gerard / Hearst Connecticut Media
NEW HAVEN The former owner of nursing homes in Bridgeport and Waterbury was sentenced Tuesday to 2 1/2 years in prison after he previously pleaded guilty to stealing millions of dollars of employees’ benefits.
Although U.S. District Judge Janet Hall said the 72-year-old Chaim Stern had done a lot of good in his life, she said she could not overlook the fact that he had lied to his nearly 500 employees and stolen their pension and health care funds. Stern had owned the Bridgeport Health Care Center, Bridgeport Manor and the Rosegarden Health and Rehabilitation Center in Waterbury.
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A Connecticut nursing home operator has been sentenced to 30 months in prison for embezzlement and tax offenses related to the operation of nursing homes.
Chaim Stern, age 72, a resident of Flushing, Queens, was sentenced on Tuesday, April 20, for the offenses related to nursing homes in Bridgeport and Waterbury, said Leonard C Boyle, Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut.
According to court documents and statements made in court, Stern was the principal operator of the Bridgeport Health Care Center, Bridgeport Manor, and the Rosegarden Health and Rehabilitation Center in Waterbury, which were privately owned nursing and rehabilitation facilities.
Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Chaim Stern of Flushing, New York, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to 30 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for embezzlement and tax offenses related to his operation of nursing homes in Bridgeport and Waterbury.
According to court documents and statements made in court, Stern was the principal operator of the Bridgeport Health Care Center ( BHCC ), Bridgeport Manor, and the Rosegarden Health and Rehabilitation Center LLC ( Rosegarden ) in Waterbury, which were privately owned nursing and rehabilitation facilities. Between approximately 2011 and 2018, Stern stole approximately $4.1 million from the BHCC Pension Plan, over which he was the trustee, principally by diverting the money to a purported charity, called Em Kol Chai, which Stern controlled, as well as to himself and other entities. Also, in approximately Febr