San Antonio businessman Michael Angelo Padron was sentenced Wednesday in U.S. District Court to 27 months in federal prison for illegally obtaining government contracts totaling more than $240 million.San Antonio construction company owner Michael Angelo Padron was sentenced Wednesday to 27 months in federal prison forintended for service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses.
“There’s still no showing by you that you did anything wrong,” the judge said. “You continue to blame others for this.” He was ordered to pay a $250,000 fine on each count for a total of $1.75 million. Padron also must serve three years of supervised release after his prison term ends.The conspiracy stretched from 2004 through at least 2017 and resulted in Padron’s Blackhawk Ventures and other companies receiving contracts intended for service-disabled vets, the March 2021 grand jury indictment stated.
The criminal justice system should not incarcerate people like Padron for a long time, Aravind told the judge before sentencing.