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Former Republican U.S. congressman Collins sentenced to 26 months for insider trading
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-congressman-insidertrading-idUSKBN1ZG16NNEW YORK (Reuters) - Chris Collins, a former U.S. congressman from New York who was an early backer of President Donald Trump, was sentenced to 26 months in prison and fined $200,000 on Friday after pleading guilty to taking part in an insider trading scheme.
Before the sentence was handed down, Collins, 69, said in highly emotional remarks to the judge that he felt his life was over and that he was still ashamed to see his former constituents after pleading guilty to charges of conspiracy and making false statements last October.
“My life has been shattered, my reputation has been shattered, but worse, my family has been shattered,” he said in federal court in Manhattan, at times losing his voice to emotion during remarks he described as “probably the last act I’ll do in public.”
His wife, Mary, wept behind him, sitting next to their daughter as Collins described the “dark, dark place” he was in after his conviction.
“I climbed out of it because of her,” he said of his wife.
He also begged U.S. District Judge Vernon Broderick to be merciful next week when sentencing his son, Cameron, who was also convicted as part of the insider trading scheme.
Collins was convicted of trading on insider information while a board member and 16.8% stakeholder of Australian biotechnology company Innate Immunotherapeutics Ltd. A day before pleading guilty last year, he resigned his seat in the U.S. House of Representatives representing New York’s 27th District.
Before the sentence was handed down, Collins, 69, said in highly emotional remarks to the judge that he felt his life was over and that he was still ashamed to see his former constituents after pleading guilty to charges of conspiracy and making false statements last October.
“My life has been shattered, my reputation has been shattered, but worse, my family has been shattered,” he said in federal court in Manhattan, at times losing his voice to emotion during remarks he described as “probably the last act I’ll do in public.”
His wife, Mary, wept behind him, sitting next to their daughter as Collins described the “dark, dark place” he was in after his conviction.
“I climbed out of it because of her,” he said of his wife.
He also begged U.S. District Judge Vernon Broderick to be merciful next week when sentencing his son, Cameron, who was also convicted as part of the insider trading scheme.
Collins was convicted of trading on insider information while a board member and 16.8% stakeholder of Australian biotechnology company Innate Immunotherapeutics Ltd. A day before pleading guilty last year, he resigned his seat in the U.S. House of Representatives representing New York’s 27th District.
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