From The Daily Advertiser
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal judge is set to sentence a former Louisiana film commissioner who pleaded guilty to taking bribe money to secure tax credits for a movie producer.
Mark S. Smith faces a maximum sentence of 15 years in prison when he is sentenced Wednesday by U.S. District Judge Kurt Engelhardt.
Smith served as the state's film commissioner from 2003 to 2005. He pleaded guilty in 2007 to taking about $65,000 in bribes to help movie producer Malcolm Petal secure about $1.3 million in state tax credits for filming live music festivals.
Petal was sentenced in April to five years in prison for his role in the scheme. William Bradley, a lawyer who was the middleman for bribe payments to Smith, was sentenced earlier this month to 10 months in prison.
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