A former director of financial aid at Columbia University’s Teachers College was sentenced to 40 months in federal prison Tuesday by U.S. District Judge Alison Nathan of the Southern District of New York.

Melanie Williams-Bethea pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bribery in October 2018 after prosecutors with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York charged her and a number of co-defendants in January 2018 with a $2 million bribe and kickback scheme.

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