A former treasurer for the city of South Gate, who was sentenced to 10 years in prison in 2006 for illegal conduct involving city contracts, was re-sentenced Monday to the seven years he has already spent behind bars.
In April 2013, a three-judge panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals threw out Albert T. Robles’ convictions for public corruption and money laundering but let stand five counts of bribery.
Prosecutors asked U.S. District Judge Stephen V. Wilson to re-sentence Robles to the original 10-year prison term.
Instead, Wilson sentenced Robles to 84 months and ordered him to serve three years of supervised release, according to defense attorney David J. P. Kaloyanides.
Most of the convictions were tossed as a result of a 2010 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that narrowed the scope of a federal corruption law. The high court said the law could not be used to prosecute people for failure to disclose conflicts of interest.
Robles, now 50, was elected South Gate treasurer in 1997 and reelected in 2001. He had previously served as mayor and as a City Council member.
Robles was released from federal prison, following the appeal, after serving seven years, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
— City News Service