OAKLAND, Calif. (CN) — A federal judge sentenced a woman involved in a bishop’s schemes to defraud his church to time served on Tuesday, saying she showed “real remorse” for her crimes.
Shelia Quintana teared up as U.S. District Judge Jeffrey White announced he was not going to sentence her to one year of supervised release, the only contention between the government and Quintana’s attorney August Gugelmann.
Quintana pleaded guilty to four counts, including criminal conspiracy to commit wire fraud and mail fraud and wire fraud and accepted a plea agreement contingent on her cooperation to discuss the crimes she and former African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church bishop Staccato Powell committed in 2018 and 2019…