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 ...

A federal judge has sentenced former Detroit Riverfront Conservancy CFO William Smith to 19 years in federal prison for embezzling more than $44 million from the nonprofit over more than a decade.

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 ...

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

William Smith, the former CFO of the Detroit Riverfront Conservancy, who pleaded guilty in a $40 million embezzlement case, ...

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