Former Boston City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson was sentenced to one month in prison on Friday after she pleaded guilty to public corruption charges.

Fernandes Anderson 's one-month sentence will be followed by three years of supervised release and she was also ordered to pay back $13,000 in restitution. The prosecution had recommended one year and one day in prison.

"It happened, I took responsibility"

"I actually don't like being in the media," said Fernandes Anderson, who spoke outside court following her sentencing. "It's just too much and so can you please, I'm asking you for the love of god, stop talking about me? Just let the story go. It happened, I took responsibility."

Pleaded guilty to kickback scheme

Fernandes Anderson pleaded guilty in May to one count of wire f

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