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Baton Rouge prison contractor Michael LeBlanc sentenced in Mississippi corruption probe

Por: The Advocate Business February 01, 2023

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A Baton Rouge man who built a big business catering to prisons systems in Louisiana and Mississippi was finally sentenced to prison this week, more than three years after he admitted that he and several business partners their way into new contracts in Mississippi.Michael LeBlanc Sr., 74, was ordered Monday to serve two years in federal prison by U.S. District Judge Henry Wingate of the Southern District of Mississippi, records show.Wingate... + full article



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