Defense attorneys had sought a minimum 12½-year penalty for the former nonprofit executive who stole at least $44 million.

The sentencing caps a scandal involving eye-popping amounts of money and a long-running con game that bankrolled a life of ...

Smith, 52, is also responsible for $48 million in restitution and will be on supervised release for three years once he ...

Former CFO William Smith's $44M thievery was "truly evil," diminished the nonprofit's reputation and exploited trust, ...

Detroit Riverfront CFO William Smith requested leniency while portraying corrupt thief as a decent and good man despite ...

Prosecutors emphasized William Smith's "deeply immoderate lifestyle" and say a girlfriend got $3.7M+ stolen from Detroit ...

William Smith used stolen money to donate to the nonprofit itself, presumably for a tax write off, a Detroit Riverfront ...

It took ten years for prosecutors to track down William Smith’s scheme. Now, they’re trying to figure out how it took so long.

Ahead of his sentencing scheduled for next week, former Detroit Riverfront Conservancy CFO William Smith is expressing ...

In hopes of a lighter sentence, Smith's legal team is pushing the narrative that he is remorseful and highlighted how he has ...

Days before his upcoming sentencing in federal court on Thursday, former Detroit Riverfront Conservancy CFO William Smith ...

The Detroit Riverfront Conservancy’s former CFO William Smith was sentenced in federal court Thursday to 19 years in prison ...