the jury that convicted tiano believed he used the million dollars he raised to live a life of luxury purchasing houses, boats and sports cars. it is a different life for tiano today. you have a table there. you have four walls that are cement. you have cement floor. no paint. stainless steel toilet. you have to use a restroom where you have to eat. there are two people. most of the time. you have to go to the restroom here. everything is just so i wasn t brought up that way. you know, i m from the old school. and it s very difficult. very, very difficult. not only was he former law enforcement, he still carried himself like a cop and here he was incarcerated in a pretty hardcore prison. i could see he really hadn t come to terms with the fact he was once a law enforcement agent and now he was an inmate. he still obviously struggled with that fact.
several million dollars tax on that. after donating $70,000 out of the $3.5 million raised, tiano was sentenced to 18 years in prison for fraud and embezzlement. it is one of those things in the beginning it seems surreal and as you go through it you start to devise ways to cope or go crazy, you know? i ve it s no secret. i m not ashamed to say, i ve thought of killing myself, you know, in the beginning. i didn t know if i could get through this. when i was arrested they took me down to my jail, you know, where i worked. i have guys that were working for me putting handcuffs on me and they felt terrible. i mean, i had one guy telling me it s like putting handcuffs on my brother. the jury believed he used the million dollars he raised to live a life of luxury purchasing houses, boats and sports cars.
when i was arrested it took me down to my jail, where i worked, i ve got guys that were working for me putting handcuffs on me. and they felt terrible. i mean, i had one guy tell me it s like putting handcuffs on my brother. the jury that convicted him believed that he used the millions of dollars he raised not to help others, but to live a life of luxury, purchasing houses, boats and sports cars. it s a very different lifestyle for tiano today. you have one little table there, you ve got four walls, that are cement. you have a cement floor and no paint. a stainless steel toilet. you have to use the restroom where you often eat. there are two people most of the time in here. you can imagine. you have to go to the restroom here. it s just everything s just so i wasn t brought up that way, you know. i m old school. it s very difficult. very, very difficult. not only was he former law
millions of dollars he raised not to help others, but to live a life of luxury, purchasing houses, boats, and sports cars. it is a different life for tiano today. you have a table there. you have four walls that are cement. you have cement floor. and there s no paint. a stainless steel toilet. you have to use the rest room where you often have to eat. there are two people. you have to go to the restroom here. everything is just so i wasn t brought up that way. you know, i m from the old school. and it s very difficult. very, very difficult. not only was he former law enforcement, he still carried himself like a cop and here he was incarcerated in a pretty hardcore prison. i could see he really hadn t come to terms with the fact he was once a law enforcement agent and now he was an inmate. he still obviously struggled with that fact. he was lucky. he was put in a protective
the jury that convicted tiano believed he used the million dollars he raised to live a life of luxury purchasing houses, boats and sports cars. it is a different life for tiano today. you have a table there. you have four walls that are cement. you have cement floor. there s no paint. you have to use a restroom where you have to eat. there are two people most of the time in here. you have to go to the restroom here. everything is just so i wasn t brought up that way. you know, i m from the old school. and it s very difficult. very, very difficult. not only was he former law enforcement, he still carried himself like a cop and here he was incarcerated in a pretty hardcore prison. i could see he really hadn t come to terms with the fact he was once a law enforcement agent and now he was an inmate. he still obviously struggled with that fact.