Former Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) senior official Natalie Mayflower Sours Edwards faces up to five years in prison after she pleaded guilty on Jan. 13 to conspiring to illegally leak documents to a journalist.
Federal prosecutors from the Southern District of New York tentatively outlined a zero-to-six-month sentence and a fine of up to $9,500 as part of the plea deal (pdf) signed by Edwards on Jan. 13. The crime she pleaded guilty to carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison.
