Giuliani Crony Lev Parnas Sentenced To 20 Months

CNN reports:

Lev Parnas, a former associate of Rudy Giuliani, was sentenced to 20 months in prison Wednesday. Parnas was convicted last fall on six counts related to “influence buying” campaign finance schemes. Jurors found him guilty of scheming with co-conspirators to use a Russian backer’s money to fund political contributions they hoped to trade for political favor for their budding joint cannabis venture.

He was also ordered to pay restitution of $2,322,500 and to three years of supervised release. As part of his scheme, the Ukrainian businessman was also convicted for using money from Igor Fruman — who previously pleaded guilty — and a fake company to funnel hundreds of thousands in political contributions to GOP and pro-Donald Trump committees and then lying about it to the Federal Election Commission.

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