MEMORANDUM & ORDER Before the Court is Defendant Salvatore Tagliaferro’s motion for a sentence reduction pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §3582(c)(1)(A)(i), (dkt. no. 237 (“Def. Mot.”)), the Government’s opposition, (dkt. no. 238 (“Gov’t Opp.”)), and Defendant’s reply, (dkt. no. 241 (“Def. Reply”)). For the reasons set out below, the motion is granted. I. Background A. Defendant’s Offense Conduct Since in or about 2011, Defendant was the President of the Local 926 chapter (“the Local 926″) of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America (the “Union”). (See dkt. no. 182 (“PSR”) 14.) In this capacity, Defendant had a duty to provide honest services to the Union and his local chapter. (PSR 17.) At a Christmas party in late 2017, Defendant and his codefendant, John DeFalco, an officer of another local chapter, devised a scheme to solicit and accept cash bribes from prospective Union members in exchange for the Defendant’s use of his authority to admit the bribe payors into the Union. (See Trial Transcript (“Trial Tr.”) at 263-65.) Specifically, DeFalco would recruit prospective members, collect cash bribes from those prospective members, and then meet with Defendant and divide the money evenly between them. (See id. at 261, 275-76.) Defendant would then use his exclusive control over admission into the Local 926 to ensure that the bribe payors were admitted. (See id. at 227-28, 274-75, 291, 294, 305, 341.) This scheme continued until the spring of 2019. During that period, membership in the Local 926 substantially increased. The majority of new members, however, did not obtain Union jobs in subsequent years. (See PSR 23; Gov’t Trial Ex. 601; Gov’t Trial Ex. 602.) Approximately 494 prospective Union members paid Defendant and DeFalco bribes, totaling more than $296,400. (See dkt. no. 195 (“Sent. Tr.”) at 30.) B. Defendant’s Criminal History Defendant has zero criminal history points and is therefore in Criminal History Category I. (PSR 56.) Though too old to merit consideration under the Guidelines, Defendant has three prior convictions, which are as follows: Attempted Burglary in the Second Degree in 1982, Assault in the Third Degree in 1988, and Conspiracy to Transport Stolen Goods in 1997. (PSR
