Defense attorneys had sought a minimum 12½-year penalty for the former nonprofit executive who stole at least $44 million.

The sentencing caps a scandal involving eye-popping amounts of money and a long-running con game that bankrolled a life of ...

Smith, 52, is also responsible for $48 million in restitution and will be on supervised release for three years once he ...

DETROIT, MI. - William A. Smith, the former Chief Financial Officer of the Detroit Riverfront Conservancy (DRFC), was ...

A federal judge has sentenced former Detroit Riverfront Conservancy CFO William Smith to 19 years in federal prison for embezzling more than $44 million from the nonprofit over more than a decade.

Former CFO William Smith's $44M thievery was "truly evil," diminished the nonprofit's reputation and exploited trust, ...

Detroit Riverfront CFO William Smith requested leniency while portraying corrupt thief as a decent and good man despite ...

U.S. Attorney Julie Beck, Eastern District of Michigan, on the sentencing of former Detroit Riverfront Conservancy CFO William Smith ...

Prosecutors emphasized William Smith's "deeply immoderate lifestyle" and say a girlfriend got $3.7M+ stolen from Detroit ...

William Smith, the former CFO of the Detroit Riverfront Conservancy, who pleaded guilty in a $40 million embezzlement case, ...

The Detroit Riverfront Conservancy’s former CFO William Smith was sentenced in federal court Thursday to 19 years in prison ...