Ex-Chief of Fiesta Football Bowl To Serve Eight Months in Prison

March 14, 2014, 4:00 AM UTC

Former Fiesta Bowl Chief Executive John Junker was sentenced in Phoenix on March 13 to eight months in prison for his role in an illegal campaign-contribution scheme (U.S. v. Junker).

Junker is to surrender to begin serving his sentence on June 13, his attorney Stephen Dichter told Bloomberg BNA.

The sentence was handed down in U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona. It marks a closing chapter in a case that was heard in federal and state courts.

Subordinate Employees Convicted.

Judge David Campbell issued sentencing, noting the serious nature of the offense, and that Junker had ...

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