McAllen attorney sentenced for her role in bribery investigation
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Thursday, July 08 2021
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The former Hidalgo County assistant district attorney learned her fate Thursday after admitting to lying to federal agents about a bribery scheme involving her brother.
Cynthia Alanis was sentenced to one year of probation after pleading guilty to making a false statement. Alanis was arrested on February 2020 in connection to a bribery plot at two detention facilities.
Her brother, Roel Alanis, was arrested on April 2019 and accused of paying employees from the Willacy County Regional Detention Center and the El Valle Detention Center for detainee roster lists from the El Valle Detention Center and the Port Isabel Detention Center-Los Fresno.