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Breaking News / Worth Knowing, Probably Not Quite Threadworthy 9/19
« Last post by SVPete on September 19, 2026, 09:43:05 AM »FAU autism center director resigns after Epstein fund scheme plea
https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/crime/2026/09/18/fau-autism-center-director-resigns-after-epstein-fund-fraud-plea/91826084007/
https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/crime/2026/09/18/fau-autism-center-director-resigns-after-epstein-fund-fraud-plea/91826084007/
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The director of Florida Atlantic University's Center of Autism and Related Disabilities resigned Thursday, Sept. 17, after pleading guilty in federal court to falsifying documents in an effort to receive $750,000 from a compensation fund for Palm Beach sex predator Jeffrey Epstein's victims.
Jennifer Percival, who worked at FAU for 12 years, submitted her resignation on Sept. 17, three days after entering a plea agreement in federal court in New York.
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(Epstein's) estate created the Jeffrey Epstein Victims Compensation Program to compensate victims. During a Sept. 14 hearing, Percival admitted that she sought permission in 2024 to apply to it but was found ineligible.
Percival then submitted an altered version of the EVCP letter falsely stating she had been approved for compensation and had already received $500,000.
The Epstein Victims Compensation Program sent Percival $750,000 in May 2024 based on the fraudulent document, court records show.
A year later, Federal Bureau of Investigation agents interviewed Percival and confronted her with the original letter. Percival said she lied to the agents, claiming she had successfully appealed that decision to the EVCP fund and had subsequently been approved for compensation.
Percival said she directed her attorney to submit fabricated emails to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York in an effort to defer prosecution related to the fraud scheme.
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