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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The daughter of President Barack Obama’s former minister is scheduled to be sentenced for participating in a state-grant fraud scheme.

Federal guidelines call for Jeri L. Wright of Hazel Crest to serve up to 33 months in prison. But the government will seek 36 months because Wright allegedly defrauded an Indiana company of $8,000 while awaiting trial.

Wright was convicted in March 2014 of money laundering and making false statements in a case that involved a $1.25 million state grant for Regina Evans. A jury found Wright took about $30,000 of the grant and gave some back to her friend Evans.

Wright is the daughter of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, whose contentious statements were an issue in Obama’s 2008 campaign. The elder Wright did not factor in the case.

 

 

 

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