First the article:

https://www.prisonlegalnews.org/news/2015/jul/31/final-class-action-settlement-pending-kids-cash-scandal/

Remember it took 6 years and 2 dedicated reporters to bring 2 judges, one bankster who knew about the bribes and did nothing and did nothing, reported nothing (18 USC sec 4, misprison of felony, plus numerous banking reporting laws) to justice.

Now the aftermath:

on March 3, 2014, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear the appeal of one of the former judges who challenged his conviction and federal prison sentence. The refusal leaves intact a Third Circuit Court of Appeals decision upholding the conviction and 28-year sentence imposed on former Luzerne County judge Mark A. Ciavarella, Jr., 63. See: United States v. Ciavarella, 716 F.3d 705 (3d Cir. 2013), cert. denied. Fellow former Luzerne County judge Michael T. Conahan is serving a 17½ year sentence after pleading guilty to racketeering conspiracy. [See: PLN, Nov. 2011, p.14].

And the Treasury Dept went…