Retired naval officer sentenced to 3 ½ years in prison for defrauding 9-11 fund

U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth, the chief of the Washington federal court, told Coughlin that stealing that much money from the government deserves a serious sentence. He allowed Coughlin to remain free pending appeal.Coughlin, a 52-year-old father of four and grandfather of two, did not react to the verdict. When Lamberth invited him to speak just before delivering the sentence, Coughlin only had one thing to say: “I take full responsibility for the errors and mistakes I made.”Coughlin

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