Former Democratic state Rep. Eddie Acevedo was sentenced Wednesday to six months in federal prison on tax evasion charges stemming from the wide-ranging Commonwealth Edison bribery probe.
Former state Rep. Edward Acevedo watches votes come in on a bill on the House floor, Jan. 8, 2013, at the State Capitol in Springfield.
Before he was sentenced, Acevedo, 58, apologized in a brief statement to his family and his former constituents. A former police officer who served as Madigan’s assistant majority leader in the House, Acevedo went on to work as a consultant paid by former state Rep. John Bradley, a Democrat from Downstate Marion and a onetime contract lobbyist for ComEd. Acevedo told the Tribune last year he had been paid as much as $5,000 a month by Bradley.
Acevedo’s sons, Alex and Michael, also were indicted with similar tax charges last year and are awaiting trial. According to Edward Acevedo’s plea agreement, after he discovered he was under criminal investigation by the IRS, he had his accountants work up draft reports for the years in question that contained “incomplete information” about his consulting business’ income and expenses.unveiled a criminal complaint
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