Federal prosecutors want disgraced ex-state Sen. Pedro Espada slapped with seven years behind bars and almost $500,000 in restitution and taxes when he is sentenced Friday for looting his Bronx health clinic.
“Espada is the unapologetic poster child of charity abuse,” prosecutors wrote in a sentencing letter filed in Brooklyn federal court.
“He turned Soundview [Healthcare Network] into his fiefdom and treated its funds as his personal piggy bank.”
Espada was convicted last year of stealing from Soundview, the Bronx-based health-care charity he controlled for decades, and using the cash to fund a lavish lifestyle.
“Even though Espada earned a generous salary . . . his greed drove him to steal from Soundview,” prosecutors wrote.
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