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Court Proceeding: Patrick Rocco and Community Service

court proceeding: Patrick Rocco, 57, pleaded guilty to two counts of passing forged documents, according to Toronto Star. Topping the list is why Rocco, who had a good career, no criminal record and a history of community service, broke the law to qualify his kids for dual citizenship. Patrick Rocco's case, which the judge called puzzling, leaves loose ends that Thursday's court proceeding failed to answer. Also mysterious is the 15,926 restitution he paid to his former employer, the Hamilton Wentworth District School Board HWDSB related to an allegation that he used a board credit card to buy 3,000 worth of hockey equipment for personal use. Article Continued Below Yet more than five times that amount was paid by his client to the board. That charge was dropped Thursday and Rocco's lawyer said his client makes no admissions in relation to the charge. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.