The sentencing comes roughly a week after the feds unveiled details of a recorded conversation that allegedly tied Weiss to the late Chicago mobster Frank “The German” Schweihs.
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The dismissal means ComEd no longer faces criminal charges and avoids conviction, while others have faced prison time as a result of the investigation that targeted former state House Speaker Michael Madigan.
Alex Acevedo’s prison term is longer than the one-month sentence handed to his brother but shorter than the 6 months his father got. Both were also found guilty of tax violations.
Michael Acevedo pleaded guilty to federal charges in December, a year after his father entered his own guilty plea. His brother, Alex Acevedo, is awaiting sentencing.