2 Focus Execs Fined $1K Each, 250 Hours Of Community Service Zupnik, Herman Split $1M State Fine By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com FLY CREEK – The president and another top executive of Focus Otsego were fined $1,000 each and sentenced to 250 hours of community service each at 12:55 p.m. today in Otsego Town Court here. Joseph Zupnik, the president, and financial officer Daniel Herman appeared before Town Justice Gary Kuch in a hearing that lasted about an…
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Editorial for September 21, 2018 MISTAKES WERE MADE. WHO MADE THEM? Who Lost Otsego Manor? It’s pretty clear to everyone by now that the sale of Otsego Manor in Jan. 27, 2014, was a mistake. That was punctuated with numerous exclamation marks Wednesday, Sept. 12, when Focus CEO Joseph Zupnik and his chief financial executive, Daniel Herman, pleaded guilty before Otsego Town Justice Gary Kuch in the Fly Creek courtroom. Under a plea agreement, Zupnik and Herman admitted to only…
2 Focus Executives Face Fines, Service, But No Jail Time 7 of 8 Counts Dismissed, Including One Involving Death Of Civic Leader By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com FLY CREEK – The two executive facing criminal charges in mismanagement of the Focus nursing home today had eight counts against them reduced to one, and will face fines, community service and possible exclusion from going back into the nursing home business. But no jail time? “I was hoping,” said Betsy Hayes,…