A Las Vegas stock broker was sentenced.
E. Michael Furlong was sentenced to 18 months in prison for aiding a stock-price manipulation scheme that cost investors and a brokerage firm hundreds of thousands of dollars. He was also was ordered to perform 1,500 hours of community service following his release. Los Angeles Chief U.S. District Judge Manuel Real ordered Furlong to begin his sentence Nov. 3. Furlong and two other men pleaded guilty in July to mail fraud and securities violations.
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