NewsDecember 16, 2008
Nathan Cooper transferred to halfway house
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A former Missouri lawmaker convicted in an immigration fraud scheme has been transferred to a halfway house. Thirty-five-year-old Nathan Cooper, a Republican from Cape Girardeau, was sentenced to 15 months in federal prison about a year ago, forcing him to resign from the state House and surrender his law license. Cooper pleaded guilty to visa fraud and making a false statement to the Department of Labor...
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A former Missouri lawmaker convicted in an immigration fraud scheme has been transferred to a halfway house.
Thirty-five-year-old Nathan Cooper, a Republican from Cape Girardeau, was sentenced to 15 months in federal prison about a year ago, forcing him to resign from the state House and surrender his law license. Cooper pleaded guilty to visa fraud and making a false statement to the Department of Labor.
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According to the Federal Bureau of Prisons, Cooper transferred Dec. 1 to a federal community corrections center based in St. Louis. Those in halfway houses are monitored as they complete sentences, but they also can sign out and leave the facility.
Cooper also was fined $6,000 and will be on two years of supervised release. His sentence is scheduled to expire Feb. 28.
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