Prosecutors: Former Rep. Chris Collins Should Serve Nearly 5 Years in Prison for Insider Trading

Then-U.S. Rep. Chris Collins (R-N.Y.) speaks to reporters as he leaves the courthouse after a pretrial hearing in his insider-trading case, in New York, on Sept. 12, 2019. AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File

Federal prosecutors are asking a judge to sentence former Republican New York congressman Chris Collins to nearly five years in prison after he pleaded guilty to being involved in an insider trading scheme as well as lying to the FBI.

Before his resignation, Collins represented New York’s 27th Congressional District, which includes areas surrounding Buffalo and Rochester. He won reelection in November 2018 despite being criminally charged three months before.