Honesty or Not? RHOA Apollo Nida Sentenced to 8 Years in Prison after Pleading Guilty! Explains-

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ATLANTA –  The husband of a "Real Housewives of Atlanta" star has been sentenced to eight years in prison after pleading guilty to federal fraud charges.

Federal prosecutors said Tuesday that 35-year-old Apollo Nida was also ordered to pay restitution to victims of a $2.3 million scheme during his sentencing hearing in U.S. District Court in Atlanta. Nida is the husband of Phaedra Parks, one of the reality show's stars. He also appears on the series. 

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He pleaded guilty May 6 to conspiring to commit mail, wire and bank fraud. July 8th, 2014 Apollo Nida was sentenced to a 8 year sentence for his four year scheme involving bank, mail and wire fraud and Id theft of more than 50 people. In cooperating with law enforcement it lighten his sentence time to roughly 5 years.

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 “Today’s sentencing exemplifies impartial justice regardless of economic class or perceived celebrity status.  Nida’s sentence should be an eye opener for other like-minded criminals who scheme to steal victims’ identities, defraud them and ignore the consequences of their actions,” said Reginald G. Moore, Special Agent in Charge of the United States Secret Service, Atlanta Field Office, in a press release.

Apollo's attorney Thomas Bever attempted to get the sentence reduced due in part to Nida’s poor upbringing but Pannell felt that was not a big enough factor given Nida’s age (35) and being that there is a large portion of this type of crime going on.

Pannell did recommend that Nida be placed in a prison close to Atlanta for the benefit of his family, which includes two young sons with Parks. Parks, who Bever said at a previous hearing was not involved in the scheme, did not attend the sentencing.

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Given the eight-year sentence, Nida may not see freedom until 2022. Bever said after the sentencing that Nida could potentially get out more than a year early for good behavior and be sent to a halfway house.

Before the judge, Nida said he was sorry for his behavior, as he did in May during the last hearing when he pled guilty, a move that significantly helped reduce his length of imprisonment.  “I want to apologize to the victims,” he said. “I want to apologize to my family for letting them down.”  

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