Disgraced Los Angeles political titan Mark Ridley-Thomas, 68, has been sentenced to 3½ years in prison for a benefit-seeking scheme involving USC's School of Social Work.
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politician was sentenced Monday to 3½ years in prison for a scheme in which he sought benefits for his son in exchange for supporting lucrative government contracts with the University of Southern California School of Social Work. Mark Ridley-Thomas, most recently a city councilmember, was sentenced in U.S. District Court on seven felony convictions including conspiracy, bribery and fraud for actions while he was a member of the powerful Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors.EX-OHIO SPEAKER HOUSEHOLDER BEGINS 20-YEAR FEDERAL PRISON SENTENCE IN OKLAHOMA
A jury in March found that Ridley-Thomas schemed in 2017 and 2018 with Marilyn Louise Flynn, then dean of USC's School of Social Work, to funnel $100,000 from a Ridley-Thomas campaign fund through the university to a nonprofit run by his son.Prosecutors said the son also received graduate school admission, a scholarship and a paid professorship in the course of the conspiracy and bribery scheme.
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