John Paul Funes released from prison, under home confinement
John Paul Funes released from prison, under home confinement By WAFB Staff | March 5, 2021 at 10:06 AM CST - Updated March 5 at 12:26 PM
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - John Paul Funes, the former head of the Our Lady of the Lake Foundation, has been released from federal prison due to COVID-19 protocols, his attorney said Friday.
Funes was released to home confinement last week.
He is expected to remain on home confinement for the remainder of his sentence.
Funes had been serving time in Terre Haute, Indiana for embezzling funds from the hospital. The prison has been under strict COVID-19 restrictions during the pandemic, with visitors banned from the facility for much of that time.
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TERRE HAUTE, IN - John Paul Funes, Our Lady of the Lake Foundation’s former chief fundraiser who had been serving time in federal prison for fraud, has reportedly been released to return home as of Friday, March 5.
An attorney who represents Funes, Walt Green, issued a Friday morning statement regarding his client s release, saying:
As of February 26, 2021, under the authorization of the Cares Act, John Paul has been transitioned to home confinement as warranted by the circumstances of the Covid-19 protocol.
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