A former stock broker was sentenced to five years in prison for taking nearly $1.5 million from clients—primarily retirees and veterans—to pay his own bills and pay for expensive leisure activities, like Super Bowl tickets.

Chief Judge Thomas Thrash sentenced Kelly in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia on Thursday to prison after the former stockbroker pleaded guilty in January to securities fraud and wire fraud.

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