repub, kansas, single term lawmaker who served only a year, guilty of 12 felonies, stealing covid relief funds *checks all boxes*, "Don't jail me!"

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His attorneys are saying he has ptsd because of serving in the airforce, the prosecution says 'nah, mate, this is flat out robbing needy people of relief funds by cheating on forms and claiming for non-existent employees then keeping the dosh'

prosecutors have asked a federal judge to sentence former Republican state Rep. Michael Capps, of Wichita, to four years and three months in prison. They have argued in court documents that he “continues to show neither remorse nor contrition" over stealing nearly $500,000 in funds meant to help businesses remain afloat during the coronavirus pandemic.

U.S. District Judge Eric Melgren scheduled Capps' sentencing for Thursday in Wichita. A jury convicted the 45-year-old former lawmaker in December of four counts of wire fraud, four counts of money laundering, three counts of making false statements on loan applications and one count of bank fraud. The jury acquitted him of six charges, and another charge was dismissed before his trial.

Capps served a single term in the Kansas House in 2019-20 and lost his 2020 Republican primary race.

Prosecutors said Capps filed forms inflating the number of employees he had at two businesses and a sports foundation, then applied for loans to pay the nonexistent employees.

one year, half a million dollars, he thought he was on to a winner

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crim...1&cvid=c9f88e2c034f44649abaf0e6dd8152f4&ei=14