Book Thief Escapes Prison Sentence.

Filippo Bernardini, a former publishing employee who stole over 1,000 unpublished book manuscripts, has been ordered to pay $88,000 in restitution to Penguin Random House and to be deported. Bernardini impersonated publishing professionals to obtain the manuscripts, but it is unclear how he intended to profit from them. He pleaded guilty to the fraud case and has been living under pretrial supervision in Manhattan. Federal prosecutors had asked for a prison term of at least one year, but he was sentenced to time served.