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  Victims' fund has been going to Wal-Mart and other large businesses
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Last EditedServo  Apr 11, 2005 12:33pm
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MediaNewspaper - Burlington Free Press
News DateMonday, April 11, 2005 06:00:00 PM UTC0:0
DescriptionA new state fund designed to help crime victims recover financial losses more quickly has paid thousands of dollars to unexpected recipients -- big businesses including Wal-Mart, Rite Aid and Banknorth.

That wasn't the idea behind the fund when it was started in July. It was supposed to help ordinary people who'd lost money because of a crime and not make them wait months or years for the offender to pay restitution.
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