Nadine Arslanian Menendez, wife of former U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez, was sentenced Sept. 11 to more than four years — 54 months — in federal prison and for her part in a bribery and corruption scandal, according to reports.

Arslanian Menendez was convicted on charges brought in a sprawling indictment brought by federal prosecutors in the Southern District of New York that included bribery, extortion and obstruction of justice in a multi-level scheme that traded in envelopes of cash, gold bars and a new Mercedes for official acts that benefited Qatar and Egypt. Arslanian Menendez received her sentence in federal court in lower Manhttan.

Soon after the hearing began, U.S. District Court Judge Sidney Stein said the penalty he planned to level on Arslanian Menendez was "substantially below" g

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