Overview

• U.S. District Judge Sidney H. Stein sentenced her to 54 months in prison and three years of supervised release after an April conviction.
• He set a July 10, 2026 reporting date to allow completion and recovery of medical procedures related to her breast cancer treatment.
• Jurors found she acted as an intermediary in schemes that exchanged the senator’s influence for cash, gold bars, a Mercedes and other benefits tied to Egyptian interests and New Jersey businessmen.
• Prosecutors sought at least seven years and called her the scheme’s second‑most culpable participant, as Stein emphasized deterrence, saying, “People have to understand there are consequences.”
• Evidence included a 2022 FBI search that found about $480,000 in cash and roughly $150,000 in gold, and Bob Menendez is serving an 11‑year sentence after his separate conviction.