NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) – A tearful apology in federal court Thursday afternoon from former technology chief Greg Meffert.
Meffert was sentenced to 30 months or two and a half years in prison.
“I’m sorry for all the actions and decisions I made all those years ago. I lost everything I had. I lost the ability to provide for my family. I lost my name. The hundreds of thousands of articles on google will follow me for the rest of my life but I’m sorry the most because I was wrong.”
“There’s no story out there that can paint me worse than how I feel myself,” Meffert said before he learned his fate.
Meffert was a key figure in the corruption case against former mayor Ray Nagin. He faced 8 years in prison but received less than half for cooperating with the investigators.
Meffert’s sentencing comes just days before Nagin heads to prison on Monday.
