CHAPTER 47The courtroom was packed with Cuddy’s former friends and associates. He knew many of them were there to witness his demise. When he caught the eyes of Lennie and Tanya Adams and they looked away, his heart clutched, and he almost lost his already shaky composure. As part of the sentencing phase, the judge had reviewed more than one hundred letters filed by not-for-profits, institutions, and donors who were now struggling to make up the millions lost in the Ponzi scheme. The statements from organizations and donors caught in the scheme directly blamed Cuddy for program cuts, layoffs, legal bills, financial woes, and personal betrayals, stating that their organizations had been economically handicapped and publicly humiliated through their connection with the New Visions scandal.
