New York sources have stated that A US federal judge sentenced Babulal Bob Bera, the 83 year old father of the only Indian American Congressman, Amerish Ami Bera, on Thursday to a year and a day in prison for fraudulently funding his son’s election campaigns.


It was stated that Babulal Bera had earlier admitted before federal Judge Troy L. Nunley in Sacramento, California, that he had illegally contributed $268,726 to the election campaigns in 2009 and 2011 through fraud, before he was sentenced, Babulal Bera asked the court to consider an option for him to stay with his 82 year old wife.


The Sacramento Bee reported that the probation officials suggest punishments after studying the background of the convicted persons and their circumstances and federal prosecutors has demanded some prison time for him citing the serious nature of the crime and the judge has also fined him $100,000 and ordered three years of restrictions after his release.


It was reported that Democrat Ami Bera, a 51 year old doctor who converted to the Universalist Unitarian Church, was re-elected in 2014 with a slender margin of just 1,455 votes from a constituency that covers parts of California’s state capital, Sacramento and in this year’s selection he faces a tough battle against the influential local Republican Sheriff Scott Jones, who is turning the Babulal Bera’s conviction into an election issue.


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