Topic: Vince Fumo

Former Pa. politician should serve up to 27 years: prosecutors

PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Former Pennsylvania state senator Vincent Fumo should spend up to 27 years in prison for his conviction on corruption charges, prosecutors said on Tuesday in a recommendation for resentencing the once-powerful politician.Fumo, 68, is serving a 55-month sentence in ...

Court orders resentencing of former Pennsylvania state senator

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Tuesday ordered the resentencing of a former Pennsylvania state senator, saying the trial judge erred in his sentencing of the former politician.Vincent Fumo was sentenced to 55 months in a federal prison after ...

Prosecutors request resentencing for imprisoned politician

PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Federal prosecutors on Wednesday asked an appeals court to order the resentencing of a once-powerful state senator convicted of fraud and tax evasion, saying the original sentence was too lenient.Former State Sen. Vincent Fumo was sentenced to 55 months ...
US appeals 4 1/2-year sentence of powerful ex-Pa. state Sen. Fumo, ex-aide in corruption caseU.S. prosecutors are taking the rare step to appeal the sentence of former Pennsylvania state Sen. Vincent Fumo in his sprawling corruption case.The 67-year-old Fumo ...
Former Pa. Sen. Vince Fumo, convicted on fraud charges, starts 4 1/2-year federal prison termA former Pennsylvania state senator convicted on fraud charges has reported to federal prison in Kentucky.Vincent Fumo faces 4 1/2 years in prison for defrauding ...
Former Pa. state senator, convicted on fraud charges, headed to federal prison MondayA former Pennsylvania state senator convicted on fraud charges is scheduled to report to federal prison in Kentucky on Monday.Sixty-six-year-old Vincent Fumo has been sentenced to 4 1/2 ...
Ex Pa. Sen. Fumo gets less than 5 yrs. for corruption; feds call him 'drunk with power'A former Pennsylvania lawmaker who prosecutors said became "drunk with power" in his many years in the state Senate was sentenced Tuesday to less than ...
Ex-Pa. senator convicted of $3.5M fraud seeks new corruption trial, says jury was taintedA former Pennsylvania state senator convicted of a multimillion-dollar fraud is seeking a new trial on corruption charges, alleging the jury was tainted.A jury in March found ...
Ex-Pa. Sen. Fumo appeals corruption conviction, citing lack of evidence, juror's Web postsFormer state Sen. Vincent Fumo is appealing his recent federal conviction on 137 corruption counts.The 65-year-old Philadelphia Democrat cites insufficient evidence and a juror's online posts to ...
Former Pa. Sen. Fumo convicted of fraud worth $3.5 millionVincent Fumo, once one of the most powerful figures in Pennsylvania politics, was convicted Monday of more than 130 counts of corruption for schemes that defrauded the state Senate and others of ...