Robert Urciuoli, former president and CEO of Roger Williams Medical Center in Providence, R.I., will head to prison on Aug. 31, following Judge Mary Lisi's decision to deny his bid to remain free on bail, according to an Examiner report.
Mr. Urciuoli was convicted of fraud and conspiracy in 2008 for paying state senator John Celona to advance his hospital's legislative agenda. He was sentenced in April 2009 to three years in prison, a term he will begin at the end of August.
Read the Examiner report on Robert Urciuoli.
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Mr. Urciuoli was convicted of fraud and conspiracy in 2008 for paying state senator John Celona to advance his hospital's legislative agenda. He was sentenced in April 2009 to three years in prison, a term he will begin at the end of August.
Read the Examiner report on Robert Urciuoli.
Read more on Robert Urciuoli:
-Bribery Conviction Affirmed for Former Rhode Island Hospital CEO
-Former Rhode Island Hospital Executive Looks to Appeal Two Corruption Convictions