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A Baton Rouge man is off to prison after pleading guilty to embezzling from the New Orleans Firefighters Pension and Relief Fund.
A federal judge sentenced 72-year-old Wayne Triche to 41 months in prison on Tuesday.
Triche pleaded guilty to wire fraud and tax fraud and was ordered to pay more than $900,000 in restitution to the pension fund.
He's also required to pay more than $300,000 to the Internal Revenue Service for failing to report the embezzled funds as income.
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