Overview

• U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani sentenced Fernandes Anderson to one month in prison, three years of supervised release, and $13,000 in restitution.
• Prosecutors had urged a year and a day in prison, while the defense asked for probation or, if incarcerated, no more than six months.
• Fernandes Anderson admitted she arranged a $13,000 bonus for a staffer who was a relative and took a $7,000 cash kickback in a City Hall bathroom.
• More than 90 letters from current and former elected officials and community members asked the judge for leniency before Friday’s hearing.
• She resigned from the Boston City Council effective July 4 after pleading guilty in May to wire fraud and theft, and she also acknowledged filing false federal tax returns that omitted income including the $7,000 kickback.