The former leader of a Massachusetts Native American tribe convicted of accepting bribes from an architectural firm working with the tribe to build a casino has been sentenced to three years in prison
Cedric Cromwell, former chair of the Mashpee Wampanoags, was also sentenced in U.S. District Court in Boston on Tuesday to a year of probation and was fined $25,000, according to prosecutors.
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A former leader of a Massachusetts Native American tribe was convicted on May 5 of bribery and extortion charges related to the tribe's long-planned casino project, the U.S. Attorney's Office said. A federal jury in Boston, however, cleared former Mashpee Wampanoag leader Cedric Cromwell of some charges, including one count of extortion and a count .