A former Massachusetts mayor first elected at age 23 was sentenced on Tuesday to six years in prison after being convicted in May of defrauding investors in a smartphone app company and extorting money from local marijuana businesses.
Former Fall River Mayor Jasiel Correia, now 29, said nothing as U.S. District Judge Douglas Woodlock in Boston ordered him to be incarcerated for engaging in "reprehensible corruption of a type that is incomprehensibly crude."
Assistant U.S. Attorney Zach Hafer argued that Correia's "old-school corruption" warranted an 11-year prison term, saying he continued breaking the law even when he knew was under investigation.Correia was elected in 2015 as the youngest mayor ever of Fall River. His case was featured in "Run This City," a documentary series produced by Hollywood star Mark Wahlberg on the now-defunct streaming site Quibi.
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