Costa pleaded guilty to two counts of conspiracy to commit extortion, two counts of aiding and abetting to commit extortion and one count of making false statement. Camara did the same, plus an additional charge of making false statements. Hebert pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit extortion, one count of aiding and abetting and one count of making false statements.
All three co-conspirators are awaiting sentencing and are named on federal prosecutors’ witness list for Correia's trial, now scheduled for Feb. 22.
Federal sentencing guidelines indicate that each conspiracy charge brings with it up to 20 years in prison and up to $250,000 in fines. For lying to federal investigators, they could spend up to five years in prison.