A former Midtown Redevelopment Authority vendor will serve 10 years probation after a 30-day stay in Harris County jail for her role in a scheme in which millions in public funds meant to build affordable housing in Third Ward were misappropriated.
Veronica Ugorji, 36, received the sentence in exchange for pleading guilty to felony charges of money laundering and abuse of official capacity, court records show. She also will pay more than $614,000 in restitution, records show.
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Ugorji is the last of three Midtown defendants to be sentenced in connection with the scheme, through which former Midtown executive Todd Edwards directed public money to a company he owned and to a firm owned by Ugorji, whom prosecutors said Edwards was dating…