The Democrat from San Antonio was initially sentenced to 12 years in federal prison. His sentence was reduced, and he'll stay in a halfway house until December 2024. SanAntonio SATX SanAntonioTX Texas txlege TexasPolitics CarlosUresti
Carlos Uresti talks with the media after his sentencing in federal court on June 26, 2018. The former state senator was released from federal prison Friday, his lawyer said.
Uresti thanked his lawyers for continuing to work on his case and said his release was a result of good conduct and the federal First Step Act, which aimed to reform federal prison and sentencing laws to reduce recidivism and lower the inmate population in federal prisons. and wire fraud in 2018 for participating in a Ponzi scheme against investors by FourWinds Logistics, an oil-field services company for which he worked as general counsel. to a count of conspiracy to commit bribery for facilitating bribes to a county judge on behalf of a medical services company seeking a contract in the county’s jail. He was serving both sentences concurrently.
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