Leo Sandoval Gets Suspended Sentence for Racketeering
Associated Press
SANTA FE — A key witness in a corruption case involving the state Treasurer's Office will not serve time in prison for his guilty plea to a state charge of racketeering.
Leo Sandoval, who formerly worked in the treasurer's office, was given a five-year sentence today but state District Judge Barbara Vigil then suspended it and placed Sandoval on supervised probation for three years.
State prosecutors had asked that Sandoval be given the maximum sentence of nine years in prison.
Sandoval was a key witness for federal prosecutors in a corruption case against former treasurer Robert Vigil.
Sandoval was granted immunity by the federal government. However, the state brought criminal charges against him for the crimes he testified about in federal court involving Vigil and former Treasurer Michael Montoya.
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