DeclinetoState
03-29-2006, 12:26 PM
By CURT ANDERSON
Associated Press Writer
MIAMI
Disgraced former lobbyist Jack Abramoff was sentenced to five years and 10 months in prison in a Florida fraud case, the minimum sentence allowed.
Abramoff and former partner Adam Kidan pleaded guilty to conspiracy and wire fraud stemming from the ill-fated purchase in 2000 of the SunCruz Casinos gambling fleet.
The sentence won't start immediately so the pair can continue cooperating in a Washington corruption investigation and a Florida probe into the murder of former SunCruz owner Konstantinos "Gus" Boulis.
Before the hearing, more than 260 people _ including rabbis, military officers and even a professional hockey referee _ wrote letters on the men's behalf asking the federal judge for leniency.
http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/03/29/D8GLD5H00.html
Associated Press Writer
MIAMI
Disgraced former lobbyist Jack Abramoff was sentenced to five years and 10 months in prison in a Florida fraud case, the minimum sentence allowed.
Abramoff and former partner Adam Kidan pleaded guilty to conspiracy and wire fraud stemming from the ill-fated purchase in 2000 of the SunCruz Casinos gambling fleet.
The sentence won't start immediately so the pair can continue cooperating in a Washington corruption investigation and a Florida probe into the murder of former SunCruz owner Konstantinos "Gus" Boulis.
Before the hearing, more than 260 people _ including rabbis, military officers and even a professional hockey referee _ wrote letters on the men's behalf asking the federal judge for leniency.
http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/03/29/D8GLD5H00.html