Funds surrendered in Allied Veterans scandal

FOP Foundation allowed to get back $72,000

Nelson Cuba appears at a hearing at the Seminole County Courthouse.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Nelson Cuba, the former president of the Jacksonville Fraternal Order of Police, and the FOP Foundation have surrendered to the state of Florida funds in four bank accounts.

Cuba and the FOP Foundation were named in the Allied Veterans of the World Internet cafe investigation.

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The agreement on the bank account funds, which has yet to be finalized by a judge, allows the FOP Foundation to get back $72,000 for legal fees it has to pay.

It's unknown how much was actually forfeited by Cuba and the FOP.

Cuba is still facing charges in the Allied Veterans case.

Earlier this year, Robbie Freitas, the former vice president of the FOP, pleaded guilty in the scandal to illegal possession of a slot machine and illegally structuring financial transactions.

He took a plea deal to avoid jail time and will be sentenced Nov. 24.

Cuba's case is among the few that remain open in the investigation that dismantled a $300 million operation, netted 57 arrests, brought a six-year prison sentence for Jacksonville attorney Kelly Mathis and led to the resignation of former Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll.

Prosecutors said Cuba and Freitas were linked to five Allied Veterans affiliates -- three in Duval County and two in Nassau -- and deposited $576,100 into an FOP Foundation account between Sept. 4, 2009 and Dec. 30, 2011, followed by $571,400 in withdrawals.

The withdrawals were made every week or two, all in round amounts below $10,000.