PHOENIX (AZFamily) —A former Phoenix news anchor has been sentenced to 10 years behind bars for taking part in a COVID-19-era loan fraud scheme alongside her husband.

On Friday, a federal judge in Fort Worth, Texas, sentenced Stephanie Hockridge, an ex-KNXV employee, to 120 months in prison. She was also ordered to pay nearly $64 million in restitution and must serve supervised release for two years.

The court asked that Hockridge be held at Federal Prison Camp in Bryan, Texas, a minimum security facility that houses Ghislaine Maxwell, Elizabeth Holmes and reality TV star Jen Shah. She is due to surrender by 2 p.m. on Dec. 30.

Earlier this year, a jury found her guilty of one conspiracy charge to commit wire fraud but found her innocent of four counts of wire fraud.

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