Former Boston City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson To Serve 1 Month In Prison On Corruption Charges

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Updated on: September 8, 2025

Former Boston City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson was sentenced to one month in prison on Friday after she pleaded guilty to public corruption charges.

Anderson's one-month sentence will be followed by three years of supervised release and she was also ordered to pay back $13,000 in restitution. The prosecution had recommended one year and one day in prison.

Anderson pleaded guilty in May to one count of wire fraud and one count of theft concerning a program receiving federal funds. She was arrested on the charges in December 2024. She was accused of hiring a relative in November 2022, which violated the Massachusetts conflict of interest law, before giving them a $13,000 bonus months later under the condition that she also received some of the bonus. She then took a $7,000 kickback from the bonus and pocketed the cash in a City Hall bathroom.

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