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Buddhist monk imprisoned for gambling $263,000 in temple cash
NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune ^
| 7/26/16
| Kim Chatelain, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
Posted on 07/26/2016 11:59:43 AM PDT by BBell
A Buddhist monk living in Lafayette was sentenced Monday (July 25) to 30 months in prison for taking more than $263,463 from his own temple to gamble at a casino. U.S. District Judge Donald Walter handed down the penalty on Khang Nguyen Le, 36, a Vietnamese citizen who had pleaded guilty to wire fraud.
Walter, whom President Ronald Reagan appointed to the Western District court, also ordered Le to pay full restitution. Le might also face deportation to Vietnam after release from prison, authorities said.
From 2010 to October 2014, Le was president, presiding monk and resident of the temple of the Vietnamese Buddhist Association of Southwest Louisiana.
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TOPICS: Local News; Religion; Society
KEYWORDS: buddhist; gambling; monk; temple; theft
I think this monk may have some bad karma coming his way but there is an upside. Maybe he convert some muzzies to Buddhists while he is in the slammer.
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posted on
07/26/2016 11:59:43 AM PDT
by
BBell
To: BBell
Monks just wanna have fun...
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posted on
07/26/2016 12:00:53 PM PDT
by
choctaw man
(Good ole Andrew Jackson, or You're the Reason God Made Oklahoma...)
To: BBell
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posted on
07/26/2016 12:03:15 PM PDT
by
Huskrrrr
To: BBell
” Maybe he convert some muzzies to Buddhists while he is in the slammer.”
Good thinking. Too bad the prison Buddhist population is so low.
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posted on
07/26/2016 12:04:27 PM PDT
by
be-baw
(still seeking)
To: Huskrrrr
I wonder if he wore traditional garb to the casinos. The brown smock and the sandles :)
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posted on
07/26/2016 12:07:27 PM PDT
by
dp0622
(The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
To: BBell
"Say it! Say it! Say, 'I lost the nest egg.' Go on, say it!"
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posted on
07/26/2016 12:12:10 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: dp0622
I think they only wear that to Democrat fund raisers at the temple.
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posted on
07/26/2016 12:13:18 PM PDT
by
Hillarys Gate Cult
(Liberals make unrealistic demands on reality and reality doesn't oblige them.)
To: Hillarys Gate Cult
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posted on
07/26/2016 12:13:48 PM PDT
by
dp0622
(The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
To: BBell
“I thought I had it. Buddha told me to put it all on 17.”
“The wheel wasn’t with you?”
“I was at the craps table. You don’t question Buddha.”
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posted on
07/26/2016 12:15:38 PM PDT
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")
To: dfwgator
Funny line from a good+ 80’s film!
Julie Haggerty was a hot girl-next-door babe.
And don’t get me go’in ‘bout her Auto-pilot maintenance in Airplane...
RE: “”Say it! Say it! Say, ‘I lost the nest egg.’ Go on, say it!”
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posted on
07/26/2016 12:20:31 PM PDT
by
MarchonDC09122009
(When is our next march on DC? When have we had enough?)
To: BBell
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posted on
07/26/2016 12:23:58 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
To: BBell
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posted on
07/26/2016 12:27:45 PM PDT
by
b4its2late
(A Liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
To: BBell
That’s bad karma alright. He will live an austere life with no personal possessions next time around! ;^)
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posted on
07/26/2016 12:29:18 PM PDT
by
TigersEye
(This is the age of the death of reason and rule of law. Prepare!)
To: be-baw
It may increase, if they can get him to talk about how he managed his big score.
To: choctaw man; Salamander
“The monk.... bought...lunch...”
The Doors
To: BBell
It wasn’t good of Le to gore his brethren like that.
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posted on
07/26/2016 1:09:26 PM PDT
by
Rockpile
(GOP legislators-----caviar eating surrender monkeys.)
To: blueunicorn6
Put it on 17? Buddhist wheel only has 8 spokes.
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posted on
07/26/2016 1:16:31 PM PDT
by
USMCPOP
(Father of LCpl. Karl Linn, KIA 1/26/2005 Al Haqlaniyah, Iraq)
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