WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 (UPI) -- A former business partner of disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff was sentenced in a U.S. District Court for his role in a corruption and fraud scheme.
U.S. District Judge Ellen Huvelle in Washington sentenced Michael Scanlon to 20 months in prison and ordered him to pay $20.2 million in restitution to his victims, as well as serve three years of probation after his prison release, the Justice Department said Friday in a release.