Canadian-born Conrad Black was sentenced Monday in Chicago to 6½ years in prison for his role in the misappropriation of millions of dollars from the newspaper empire he once headed.
Conrad Black arrives at the federal building in Chicago for sentencing on his fraud and obstruction of justice convictions. He received 6½ years in prison, but won't begin his sentence until early March.
(M. Spencer Green/Associated Press) Black must report to begin his sentence at the Eglin Air Force base in Florida on March 3. He will be free until then.
He was also fined $125,000. The judge ruled the prosecution had not made its case that the fraud amounted to $32 million US. Instead, she said she would base the sentence on the $6-million US loss that had been estimated in a pre-sentencing report.
The sentence — handed down in a federal court — was at the low end of a sentencing guideline that Judge Amy St. Eve had indicated was appropriate for the former media baron.
Prosecutors had been pressing for a long sentence, of 19 to 24 years. The Montreal-born Black faced a maximum possible sentence of 35 years.
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(M. Spencer Green/Associated Press)
He was also fined $125,000. The judge ruled the prosecution had not made its case that the fraud amounted to $32 million US. Instead, she said she would base the sentence on the $6-million US loss that had been estimated in a pre-sentencing report.
The sentence — handed down in a federal court — was at the low end of a sentencing guideline that Judge Amy St. Eve had indicated was appropriate for the former media baron.
Prosecutors had been pressing for a long sentence, of 19 to 24 years. The Montreal-born Black faced a maximum possible sentence of 35 years.
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