BENNINGTON, Vt. (AP) - A judge says a former Manchester, Vermont, man who served time in jail for taking more than $200,000 from aspiring authors to publish their books, but didn’t, is allowed to write and publish his own books.
The Rutland Herald reports (https://bit.ly/2k521fQ) that 67-year-old Peter Campbell-Copp said in court Wednesday that he wanted permission to write and publish his own books, but his probation officer wasn’t sure if that was allowed.
Campbell-Copp pleaded no contest in 2013 to taking money fraudulently from a number of authors, many of whom were elderly and disabled, but not publishing their books. He also pleaded no contest in 2015 to defrauding a Manchester woman.
A judge said Wednesday that he may write and publish his own books but not those of other authors.
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Information from: Rutland Herald, https://www.rutlandherald.com/
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