Criminal charges john junker fiesta

• John Junker sentenced to 8 months prison in U.S. District Court
• Junker is the sixth current or ex-Fiesta Bowl employee to be sentenced in the scandal
• Junker faces sentencing March 20 on a related state felony charge

As the Fiesta Bowl's chief executive, John Junker rubbed shoulders with the elite and most powerful figures in college football.

In June, he will become an inmate in a federal prison.

U.S.

District Judge David Campbell on Thursday sentenced Junker to eight months in prison for leading a campaign-finance scandal that ensnared the college-football organization he transformed from a low-key, postseason bowl game into one of the country's biggest sporting events.

Campbell gave Junker, 58, until June 15 to surrender so he can attend the high-school and college graduations of his two children.

The judge also placed Junker under supervised release for one year after he leaves prison.

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