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COPYRIGHT 2000 The Miami Herald
Byline: David Kidwell
Apr. 30--A federal judge slammed former Florida Sen. Alberto Gutman with five years in federal prison for fraud on Friday -- disregarding prosecutors' recommendations for a two-year sentence and opting for the maximum penalty.
U.S. District Judge Alan Gold refused Gutman's attempt to withdraw his guilty plea on Medicare fraud in a 34-page sentencing order that criticized the popular senator for his "public lies" and for committing crimes while he served as chairman of the Senate Criminal Justice Committee.
"We, as a society, abhor such callous disregard of our trust," Gold wrote. "It shakes our belief in our representative form of government to the core....
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