Aug. 17, 1964 - James R. Hoffa, president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, was sentenced today to five years in Federal prison and fined $10,000 for defrauding his union’s $280 million pension fund.
His six co-defendants received sentences and fines ranging from the same as Hoffa’s down to one hour in custody.
Hoffa now faces a total of 13 years in prison. He was sentenced to an eight-year term last March upon his conviction in Chattanooga, Tenn., on Federal charges of tampering with a jury.
In the present case, he was sentenced to five-year terms on each of four counts, but the judge ordered that the terms run concurrently.
Before imposing sentence upon the union leader, Federal District Judge Richard Austin asked: “Has the defendant anything to say?”
Hoffa, standing beside his chief defense counsel, Maurice Walsh, replied: “Not at all, your honor. The record speaks for itself.”
Mr. Walsh said the conviction would be appealed, as was the conviction in the Chattanooga case. He predicted that the Court of Appeals will reverse the case.
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