Rudy Giuliani associate Lev Parnas was sentenced to a year and eight months in prison for his part in a conspiracy to illegally funnel money from a Russian businessman into political campaigns.
Lev Parnas, 50, had been convicted in Manhattan federal court in October on six fraud and campaign finance charges related to the 2018 scheme in which he and others were accused of funneling $100,000 to political campaigns in states where they hoped to launch a recreational marijuana business.
Several people who lost money investing in Parnas’ business ventures gave emotional statements to the court, including a lawyer, Charles Gucciardo, who said he sent $500,000 to a Giuliani bank account to support Fraud Guarantee.Parnas helped Rudy Giuliani connect with Ukraine contacts in the effort to dig up dirt on Hunter Biden.“I’d like to apologize to Mr. Gucciardo,” Parnas said. “Even though I never spent a dollar of his money. I lied to him and used our friendship. Charles, I am sorry.
Prosecutors had asked US District Judge Paul Oetken for a sentence of 6.5 years while Parnas’ attorneys hoped to avoid any time behind bars.
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