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Distinguished Member |
Guilty of | Time in Prison |
| Robert Ney (2007) | Abramoff bribery scandal; junkets, cash, gifts. | 30 months |
| Duke Cunningham (2006) | Largest bribes in Congressional history: over $2.4 million | 8 years, 4 months |
| Cornelius Gallagher | Evading payment on $74,000 in taxes | 2 years |
| Nicholas Mavroules | 17 counts of racketeering, bribery, tax evasion | 15 months; $15,000 fine |
| Dan
Rostenkowski
|
17 counts of embezzling public
and campaign funds, mail and wire fraud, conspiracy, obstruction of
justice. Plead guilty to 2 counts of
mail fraud
|
15 months minimum
security; 2 months halfway house; $100,000 fine
|
| Bill Janklow | 4 counts of felony manslaughter; reckless driving, running stop sign; speeding. Guilty: all charges | 100 days |
| John Dowdy | Perjury, on charges of $25,000 bribe | |
| Ed Mezvinsky | 6 years | |
| Larry Smith (1993) | Income tax evasion, campaign reporting violations. | 3 months. |
| Richard Hanna (1978) | Accepting $200,000 bribe; Koreagate | 6-30 months |
| Carroll Hubbard (1994) | 3 counts of campaign corruption | 3 years; $153,794 in restitution; cost of prison term at $14,485 a year |
| Jay Kim (1997) | Plead guilty to accepting $230,000 in illegal campaign contributions | 2 months home detention; 1 year probation; 200 hours community service; fined $5,000 |
| Joe Kolter (1996) | 5 counts of stealing more than $40,000 from taxpayers. Illegally converting government-purchased stamps and cash at House Post Office | 6 months prison; fined $20,000; pay $9,300 restitution |
| Donald "Buz Lukens (1996) | Guilty of accepting $15,000 in bribes from Ohio trade school chain | 30 months in prison |
| Donald "Buz" Lukens (1989) | Guilty of having sex with a 16-year-old girl | 30 days in jail; $500 fine |
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