Former Arizona lawmaker Ben Arredondo gets home confinement for bribery convictions
Photographer: Arizona Capitol Times
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Posted: 01/23/2013
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By: Associated Press
TEMPE, AZ - A former Arizona legislator was sentenced to 18 months of home confinement for his felony convictions for seeking and accepting bribes while he was a Tempe city councilman and misleading donors about a scholarship fund that benefited his relatives.
Former Rep. Ben Arredondo had admitted he accepted sporting tickets and other benefits from FBI agents who posed as employees for a real estate development company looking to do business in Tempe.
The former Democratic lawmaker admitted that more than $49,000 from a scholarship fund he established had gone to seven of his relatives.
He never revealed to prospective donors that family members were receiving the funds.
Prosecutors had asked for an 18-month prison sentence and a $49,000 fine.
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