Former Hialeah city councilwoman Angelica Pacheco walked out of federal court without a prison sentence on Thursday, but her legal troubles are far from over. A federal judge handed the 40-year-old three years of probation and ordered her to pay roughly $55,000 in restitution after she admitted to falsifying information on a Paycheck Protection Program loan forgiveness form for her Florida Life addiction-treatment business. The plea leaves her with a felony conviction that bars her from holding public office and effectively ends a brief and turbulent stint on the Hialeah City Council.
Judge Opts For Supervised Probation
U.S. District Judge Jacqueline Becerra said she wanted to keep a close eye on Pacheco rather than simply give her a quick stint of supervision. The judge imposed three years of probation and told Pacheco she was “not comfortable with a year of probation,” adding that she would revisit the case in a year to consider ending the supervision early, according to the Miami Herald. Becerra also ordered Pacheco to…..