Jurisprudence

Sports agent Norby Walters, accused of using cash and threats of violence to recruit college athletes as clients, was sentenced in Chicago to 18 months in prison for mail fraud.

U.S. District Judge Harry Leinenweber also sentenced Walters, who had pleaded guilty to two counts of mail fraud, to five years’ probation, 250 hours of community service and ordered him to pay a $25,000 fine.

Walters’ partner, Lloyd Bloom, was sentenced in August to 500 hours of community service after pleading guilty to one count of mail fraud.