{"id":2350337,"date":"2024-10-03T18:05:58","date_gmt":"2024-10-03T22:05:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/skydiving-instructor-jailed-after-28-deaths-at-parachuting-school\/"},"modified":"2024-10-03T18:09:48","modified_gmt":"2024-10-03T22:09:48","slug":"skydiving-instructor-jailed-after-28-deaths-at-parachuting-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/skydiving-instructor-jailed-after-28-deaths-at-parachuting-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Skydiving Instructor Jailed After 28 Deaths at Parachuting School"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fskydiving-instructor-jailed-after-28-deaths-at-parachuting-school%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2350337&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Robert Allen Pooley, a \u200b49-year-old skydiving instructor, was sentenced to\u2062 two years in prison for wire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-continuous-media-covid-fear-mongering-may-backfire-and-diminish-democrat-voter-turnout\/\" title=\"The Continuous Media COVID Fear Mongering May BACKFIRE and Diminish Democrat Voter Turnout\">fraud<\/a> \u2064related to his unauthorized\u2063 tandem skydiving\u2062 courses. Pooley,\u200b who had\u2062 earned \u200dhis examiner rating in\u2064 2010, continued to operate\u2062 as an instructor after his certifications were suspended in 2015. He misled\u2064 students about\u200c his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-blocks-vaccine-mandate-for-health-workers-in-new-york\/\" title=\"Judge Blocks Vaccine Mandate For Health Workers In New York\u00a0\">professional status<\/a> while charging \u2064approximately $1,100 for courses and falsifying paperwork by using \u2064a valid examiner\u2019s digital signature. His fraudulent activities came to light following a tragic incident in 2016 when a student he \u2062was \u200dinstructing, Yong Kwon, died during a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/military-heroes-lost-in-2022\/\" title=\"Loss of Military Heroes in 2022\">tandem jump<\/a>, which also claimed the life of his tandem partner, Tyler Turner. Although Pooley was not charged in connection with the deaths, \u200dthe occurrences \u200dprompted \u2062victims to demand refunds for their courses, \u2064which he denied. Pooley&#8217;s actions and the resulting fatalities prompted\u200d severe criticism from \u200dthe victims&#8217; \u200bfamilies and influenced the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/im-not-to-judge-anti-pipeline-activist-dismissed-pedophilia-allegation-against-colleague\/\" title=\"\u2018I\u2019m Not to Judge\u2019: Anti-Pipeline Activist Dismissed Pedophilia Allegation Against Colleague\">judge&#8217;<\/a>s decision during\u2063 sentencing. U.S. District Judge William Shubb\u2063 considered the\u200b deaths \u200crelated \u2062to Pooley\u2019s instruction \u200cwhile imposing the sentence.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> <script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>A skydiving instructor has been sentenced to prison after deaths at a parachuting school exposed rampant fraud.<\/p>\n<p>Robert Allen Pooley, 49, was sentenced to two years in prison Monday following a wire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-woman-pleaded-guilty-cash-bribe-juror-covid-19-related-fraud-case\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fraud<\/a> conviction relating to his skydiving activities in Lodi, California, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-edca\/pr\/san-joaquin-county-skydiver-sentenced-two-years-prison-running-unauthorized-tandem\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Department of Justice<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Pooley first earned a tandem examiner rating in 2010 with the U.S. Parachute Association and Uninsured United Parachute Technologies. Shortly after, he began teaching training courses for people seeking skydiving ratings and certifications.<\/p>\n<p>Pooley&rsquo;s examiner ratings were suspended by the USPA and UPT in August 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Despite no longer holding the valid certificates, however, Pooley continued to to lead classes as an examiner.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Pooley lied to candidates and failed to tell them about his professional suspensions. He continued to charge students roughly $1,100 for the courses, as he had done when legitimately certified.<\/p>\n<p>To keep the scheme going, Pooley assisted students with rating paperwork. On the forms, he would attach an image of a digital signature belonging to a valid examiner. His scam started to unravel in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>On Aug. 6 of that year, a student who believed he was certified to conduct tandem skydives with the public through Pooley&rsquo;s tutelage died in a parachuting accident, killing the student and a customer involved in the tandem jump.<\/p>\n<p>The student, 25-year-old Yong Kwon, experienced trouble with his main and reserve parachutes while descending, sealing his fate and that of his tandem jump partner, 18-year-old Tyler Turner. Pooley was not charged in their deaths, according to a report by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/news\/local\/crime\/article293159369.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Sacramento Bee<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Robert Allen Pooley was convicted of fraud and identity theft in May after a seven-day trial related to improper tandem skydiving instructor courses. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dfXvbel9so\">https:\/\/t.co\/dfXvbel9so<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Desert Sun (@MyDesert) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MyDesert\/status\/1841825551541035377?\">October 3, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>  At least 28 deaths have happened at the Lodi Parachute Center since 1985.<\/p>\n<p>At least one of the deaths is not related to a skydiving incident.<\/p>\n<p>Victims of Pooley&rsquo;s scam demanded their money back after the deaths of Turner and Kwon, but they were all rebuffed.<\/p>\n<p>Pooley&rsquo;s attorneys, in a failed attempt to obtain a more lenient sentence, said the disgraced skydiver helped students by negotiating lower rates with other instructors.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Rob Pooley,&rdquo; Turner&rsquo;s mother said in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-calls-jack-smiths-new-court-move-pure-election-interference\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">court<\/a>, &ldquo;as a direct result of your selfish, reckless choices, my son died.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Also referring to Pooley in court, Turner&rsquo;s father told the judge, &ldquo;I hope this haunts him every day and every night for the rest of his life.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>He said the court should afford Pooley &ldquo;no mercy.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>U.S. District Judge William Shubb took into account the deaths tied to Pooley&rsquo;s instruction when applying a sentence enhancement to his punishment.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\">  <\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> <label>* Name<\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> <\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> <label>* <\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> <\/div>\n<p> <label>* Message<\/label> <br \/> <textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> <input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\">  <\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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