City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson set to plead guilty to corruption charges at hearing Monday

Boston City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson is expected to appear in federal court for a hearing Monday to plead guilty to two corruption charges related to an alleged kickback scheme Fernandes Anderson has agreed to plead guilty to one count of wire fraud and one count of theft involving citizens funds related to a scheme prosecutors say stole thousands of dollars In the plea deal prosecutors agreed to drop four wire fraud charges leveled against Fernandes Anderson when she was federally indicted and arrested last December The councilor has initially pleaded not guilty to all six charges U S Attorney Leah Foley has recommended Fernandes Anderson be sentenced to a year and a day in prison followed by three years of supervised release and pay in restitution The councilor may be sentenced at Monday s hearing or that could be scheduled for a later date The charge of wire fraud can carry a sentence up to years in prison and a fine while the sentence for a charge of theft concerning programs receiving federal funds go up to years in prison The establishment has alleged that in May while she was facing personal financial difficulty Fernandes Anderson gave one of her staff members a relative a bonus with the understanding that would be returned to the councilor Feds say the two planned the exchange over text and the handoff happened with cash in a City Hall bathroom in June Related Articles Boston councilors urge city to make streets safer after boy killed Boston Main Streets activity may have misused federal grant funds City Hall watchdog review Boston City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson mum on resignation date as plea hearing looms Six tax-exempt Boston cultural institutions relieved of PILOT payment duties Troubling precedent Boston s tax-exempt sector comes up M short of City Hall s requested PILOT bill content Prosecutors have also alleged Fernandes Anderson filed fraudulent tax returns for and including willfully omitting campaign funds that she used for her own personal enrichment The District councilor who has represented Roxbury Dorchester Fenway and part of the South End since previously mentioned she would resign her post but has not stated when she plans to do so Boston City Councilors may be removed from their positions after criminal sentencing