federal prosecutors recommended that Collins receive the maximum prison sentence, nearly five years in prison. On January 17, 2020, Judge Vernon S. Broderick sentenced Collins to 26 months in prison. He was scheduled to begin the sentence on March 17 but it was later delayed to April 21, June 23, August 18, and October 13 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. He began his sentence on October 13, 2020, at Federal Prison Camp, Pensacola. He received a pardon on December 22, 2020, from President Donald Trump in the last month of his presidency. References External links |- 1950 births 21st-century American politicians Businesspeople from Schenectady, New York Erie County Executives Living people New York (state) politicians convicted of crimes North Carolina State University alumni People convicted of insider trading People from Clarence, New York Politicians from Schenectady, New York Recipients of American presidential pardons Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state) University of Alabama at Birmingham alumni