US - Former New York State comptroller Alan Hevesi has been sentenced to up to four years in prison for his role in a pay-to-play scandal while overseeing the $124.8bn New York State Common Retirement Fund.
Hevesi (pictured) received the one-to-four year term - the maximum sentence available by law - after admitting to a second-degree charge of receiving reward for official misconduct in October. He b...
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