Criminal
Nov. 10, 2010
Karatz Case Exposes Probation Reports
As a federal judge considers whether to sentence the former CEO of KB Home to prison time or home confinement, the U.S. Probation Office's vote of no prison time has escalated tensions between it and prosecutors.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
LOS ANGELES - Would spending eight months confined to a Bel Air mansion with 24 rooms, a pool and hot tub, as well as a staff of personal assistants qualify as punishment?
In the case of former KB Home CEO Bruce Karatz, the U.S. Probation Office contends that such a home arrest with all the creature comforts it allows would best fit the crime.
Karatz was convicted in April on four felony c...
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