The former chief operating officer at the law firm run by convicted Ponzi scheme operator Scott Rothstein was sentenced Friday to the maximum 10 years in federal prison for her role in the $1.2 billion fraud. But Debra Villegas will probably serve far less time because of her extensive cooperation with prosecutors. She is also being allowed to remain free until June 2011 so she can assist in an investigaton into Rothstein's defunct firm. Villegas pleaded guilty in June to a money laundering conspiracy charge.
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