Former Western New York Congressman Chris Collins must report to federal prison on March 17th after he was sentenced Friday to 26 months for an insider trading scandal.
The Buffalo Republican pleaded guilty last fall to tipping off family members to a failed drug trial by a company on which he served as a board member, they lying about it to the FBI. His son and his son’s future father-in-law were also implicated and face sentencing as well.
Collins at first denied any wrongdoing, narrowly winning re-election in 2018 before pleading guilty to the charges in October.
