Former Washington D.C. city Councilman Sentenced to 38 Months in prison for Fraud. Harry Thomas Jr. was sentenced by a federal judge May 3 to 38 months in prison for stealing more than $350,000 in taxpayer funds.
Thomas pleaded guilty in January to using nearly $350,000 from a nonprofit with which he was affiliated; however, federal prosecutors said Thomas actually stole more than $440,000 from the programs and that his theft began even before he was sworn in as a council member in 2007.
Filed under: The Watch Desk
Dateline: Washington, D.C. 