Raúl Mondesi, a former Yankees player, had been placed on house arrest while he appealed the case, which was only completed on Friday.
The legal troubles of former major leaguer Raúl Mondesi are seemingly behind him after a Dominican court ruled that a six-year, nine-month prison term stemming from corruption charges had been satisfied by his house arrest,Mondesi had been caught up in corruption charges from his time as mayor of the city of San Cristobal in the Dominican Republic which he was convicted of in 2017.
As part of the 2017 conviction, Mondesi was fined $1.3 million for defrauding over $6 million and could not hold public office for 10 years.
He spent parts of two seasons in the Bronx with the Yankees where he appeared in 169 games between the 2002 and 2003 seasons. Mondesi won NL Rookie of the Year in 1994 during his first season with the Dodgers and was named to the MLB All-Star Game in 1995.
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