Apollo Nida, husband of “Real
Housewives of Atlanta” personality Phaedra Parks, was sentenced to eight
years in prison Tuesday in U.S. District Court, Northern District of
Georgia, on charges of conspiring to commit mail, wire and bank fraud, a
representative from the U.S Attorney's office told TheWrap.
The 35-year-old Nida, who was arrested in January, had faced up to 30 years in prison and a fine of up to $1 million.
His eight-year prison sentence will be followed by five years of supervised release.
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The reality TV personality pleaded guilty in May.
According to United States
Attorney Sally Quillian Yates, beginning in August 2009, Nida and
others obtained stolen checks by stealing them or buying them from other
criminal associates. The stolen checks involved in the scheme included
United States Treasury checks, as well as checks stolen from the pension
fund of Delta Airlines. They also obtained funds by filing fraudulent
tax returns with the Internal Revenue Service and making fraudulent
claims against the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, and
at least eleven states, all in the names of victims whose identities
had been stolen.
Nida's fraud scheme harmed more than 50 victims, the U.S. Attorney's office said in a statement.
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