Former California Assemblyman Tom Calderon, a member of a now disgraced California political dynasty, was sentenced Monday to a year in federal custody for laundering bribes taken by his brother. The proceedings Monday brought to a close part of a FBI sting operation and bribery case that primarily targeted Calderon’s brother. Former state Sen. Ron Calderon has pleaded guilty to accepting bribes from undercover FBI agents and a corrupt hospital executive. “I am ready to move on and accept my punishment.”Ron Calderon faces a harsher sentence from Snyder. In court Monday and in court filings, Calderon and his attorney, Shepard Kopp, had asked Snyder to spare him from any time behind bars.

Source: Los Angeles Times September 12, 2016 23:07 UTC