Former ComEd CEO Anne Pramaggiore sentenced to 24 months in prison in corruption case

CHICAGO (WLS) -- One of the people convicted in the ComEd Four federal corruption case was sentenced Monday.

Former ComEd CEO Anne Pramaggiore was convicted on charges of bribery and conspiracy in May of 2023, following an eight-week trial.

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Prosecutors also said she falsified company records in the scheme to bribe former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan in exchange for legislation favorable to the utility company.

On Monday, Pramaggiore was sentenced to 24 months in prison and ordered to pay a $750,000 fine.

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She was the second of the ComEd Four to be sentenced in the last week.

It was a sentencing that's been more than two years in the making. A Supreme Court decision and the original judge's death delayed it until Monday.

"You intentionally participated in what we would call quid pro quo bribery. You had the power to stop this. You could have said no. This is not how legislation is done," Judge Manish Shah said.

The former CEO likely hurt herself even more after she was found to have lied under oath while taking the stand in her own defense.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Sarah Streicker said her sentence needed to send a message that "legislation cannot be bought."

The ComEd Four case was the first of four Madigan-related trials to reach federal court, including his own, which ended in a partial conviction earlier this year.

The ComEd Four, as they became known, were accused, among other things, of hiring several Madigan allies as consultants who did no real work, with the expectation that Madigan would deliver the utility company important legislative victories at a time when ComEd was suffering financially.

Pramaggiore was convicted alongside former lobbyists John Hooker, Jay Doherty and Mike McClain.

McClain was also Madigan's co-defendant during the former speaker's own trial, which ended in February.

And while that jury was unable to reach agreement on any of the charges involving McClain, Madigan's former right-hand man is expected to be sentenced to prison time when his turn comes Thursday.

Pramaggiore must report to prison by Dec. 1; her attorneys said they will appeal.

She left the Dirksen Federal Building Monday without saying a word.