FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Monday, March 31, 2008
MAHENDRA PRATAP GUPTA RE-SENTENCED IN U.S. DISTRICT COURT
Bill Mercer, United States Attorney for the District of Montana, announced today that during a federal court session in West Palm Beach, Florida, on March 28, 2008, before U.S. District Judge Kenneth Ryskamp of the Southern District of Florida, MAHENDRA PRATAP GUPTA appeared for re-sentencing. GUPTA was re-sentenced to a term of:
- Probation: 12 months home confinement
- Fine: $25,000
GUPTA was re-sentenced after having been found guilty of conspiracy to submit false claims in Florida in October of 1999. His original sentence was appealed to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals where the sentence was reversed and remanded back to U.S. District Court for re-sentencing.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Leif M. Johnson prosecuted this case for the United States.
The investigation was a cooperative effort between the United States Postal Inspector and the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigations.
