William Smith's attorney wants his client's sentence vacated and Smith resentenced.

Smith is being housed at a federal prison in Milan, in Washtenaw County.

The Detroit Riverfront Conservancy recently announced new plans to tighten controls after the massive theft.

The ex-CFO of the Detroit Riverfront Conservancy, who was convicted of embezzling at least $44.3 million from the nonprofit, is asking a federal appellate court to toss out his 19-year prison sentence and send the case back to the lower federal court for resentencing.

William Smith, 53, was sentenced in April in what federal prosecutors in Detroit said was an 11-year-long scheme. He pleaded guilty to wire fraud and money laundering in a plea agreement last year.

He is at the Federal Correctional Institution in Milan, a l

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