Ex-Louisiana Official Gets Jail for Paying Wife for Work Never Done
Business as usual down there
A judge imposed a sentence of nearly four years for the ex-president of a populous New Orleans parish best known for sobbing during a nationally televised interview during Hurricane Katrina's chaotic aftermath.
Former Jefferson Parish President Aaron Broussard will serve 46 months and pay a $280,000 fine for a payroll fraud scheme that also involved his wife. A federal judge also ordered Broussard to return $66,000 in bribery money and make restitution to Jefferson Parish.
The populist Democrat pleaded guilty to conspiracy and theft charges in September.
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