Todd and Julie Chrisley are going to do onerous time after being convicted of financial institution fraud and tax evasion … a decide simply sentenced Todd to 12 years in jail and Julie to 7.
The “Chrisley Knows Best” stars realized their destiny Monday in federal court docket in Atlanta, the place U.S. District Judge Eleanor Ross handed down their punishment. They additionally each obtained 16 months probation.
As we reported … Todd and Julie had been discovered responsible on a slew of federal costs again in June, and so they had been holed up of their Nashville mansion on home arrest as they awaited sentencing.
Federal prosecutors argued Monday for prolonged jail sentences for Todd and Julie … round 22 years for Todd and a dozen for Julie. On the opposite aspect, Todd’s attorneys argued he ought to get a most of 9 years in jail, whereas Julie’s attorneys argued she ought to spend no time behind bars and simply get probation.
TMZ broke the story … Todd and Julie had been indicted again in 2019 with prosecutors claiming the couple defrauded banks by acquiring tens of millions of {dollars} in loans based mostly on false monetary paperwork. The U.S. Attorney’s Office additionally mentioned Todd and Julie cheated the federal government by actively evading federal earnings taxes.
Todd and Julie have extra complications too … as we first informed you, Todd’s being sued over podcast remarks a couple of Georgia official who investigated him for tax evasion, and their son Grayson was not too long ago concerned in a scary automobile accident the place he was badly injured.