Gregory Setser, the guy whose sentencing hearing was prolonged by the revelation that he thought he would be sprung by a UN commando operation, has finally been sentenced.

A federal judge on Wednesday sentenced a former Canton ceramics salesman to 40 years in prison for swindling millions from hundreds of Christian investors.
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[US District Court] Judge [Barbara] Lynn gave little weight to some surprise evidence that the government introduced at Mr. Setser's sentencing hearing last month. It involved an odd series of taped phone calls that prosecutors say Mr. Setser engaged in while in custody at the Seagoville federal prison.

In the approximately 500 calls, recorded over a six-month period ending only a few weeks ago, Mr. Setser appears to be plotting with his wife, Cynthia, and a man who described himself as a U.N. diplomat to bribe an unknown judge and arrange for a U.N.-backed band of 19 armed commandos to travel from Europe to bust him out of prison.

Mr Setser’s attorney maintains that his client actually believed that the UN was working on his behalf.  Seems rather credulous for a con man.

Setser is 50 years old and in poor health, so his sentence is effectively a life term.

h/t: Religion News Blog

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