PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A former Philadelphia traffic judge acquitted in a ticket-fixing scandal has been sentenced to 10 months in prison in an unrelated tax fraud case.
The Philadelphia Inquirer (https://bit.ly/1TCH5It ) reports that a federal judge sentenced 51-year-old Michael Sullivan on Wednesday.
In December, Sullivan pleaded guilty to failing to file tax returns that showed how many people he employed at his bar.
Defense attorney Henry Hockeimer alleged in court filings that the government only filed the charges because Sullivan was acquitted in the sweeping 2014 federal ticket fixing case that sent several of his colleagues to prison.
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Information from: The Philadelphia Inquirer, https://www.inquirer.com
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