Ex-New York Assemblyman Sentenced to 13 Months in Prison

William Scarborough, a former state assemblyman from Queens, was sentenced on Monday to 13 months in prison after he admitted submitting at least $40,000 in false expense vouchers for days he did not actually travel to Albany.

 

Mr. Scarborough, who pleaded guilty and resigned in May, was ordered to pay $54,355 in federal penalties and forfeit the same amount to the state.

 

Hours after his federal sentencing, Mr. Scarborough, 69, was sentenced in state court for taking $38,000 in unauthorized cash withdrawals from his campaign fund for personal use. As part of a deal with prosecutors, the one-year prison sentence handed down there will be served at the same time as his federal sentence, meaning that Mr. Scarborough will not have to serve longer than 13 months.

 

At both court appearances, Mr. Scarborough apologized for what he said was his own “stupidity.”