Nadine Arslanian Menendez, wife of former U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez, has filed a notice of appeal for her conviction and sentence, according to federal court documents.

Arslanian Menendez was sentenced Sept. 11 to more than four years — 54 months — in federal prison for her part in a bribery and corruption scandal.

Arslanian Menendez was convicted on charges brought by federal prosecutors in the Southern District of New York in a sprawling indictment that included bribery, extortion and obstruction of justice in a multilevel scheme that traded envelopes of cash, gold bars and a new Mercedes for official acts that benefited Qatar and Egypt. Arslanian Menendez received her sentence in federal court in lower Manhattan.

Arslanian Menendez's sentence will be followed by three years of super

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