LSU booster gets 33 months in prison for embezzlement

A Louisiana man who pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $500,000 from a hospital foundation and giving some of the stolen money to the parents of two former LSU football players was sentenced to federal prison Thursday.

U.S. District Court Judge John W. deGravelles sentenced John Paul Funes, the former president and CEO of Our Lady of the Lake (OLOL) Foundation in Baton Rouge, to 33 months in federal prison.

Funes pleaded guilty to felony wire fraud and money laundering on June 4. He faced up to 20 years in prison for each of the two charges against him. Funes also paid $796,000 in restitution.

Funes' attorney, James Walter Green, didn't immediately respond to an interview request from ESPN.

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