Giuliani associate Lev Parnas sentenced to 20 months in prison for campaign finance, wire fraud conviction

Lev Parnas, associate of Rudy Giuliani, was sentenced to 20 months in prison for a conviction on fraud and campaign finance charges.

Parnas, 50, had been accused of illegally using a wealthy Russian individual's money to donate to American politicians in order to boost a legal marijuana business. He also admitted to giving false information to investors regarding a business known as Fraud Guarantee, that he said could prevent people from being victims of fraud.

"A lot that you heard is true your honor. I have not been a good person my...