Senator Bob Menendez [D-NJ], 71, was sentenced to 11 years in prison for gold bar bribery scheme leading to his conviction for acting as a ‘foreign agent’ 

Two New Jersey businessmen who paid bribes to Menendez were also sentenced to 97 months and seven years in prison

Former New Jersey senator was convicted after taking part in a bribery scheme that netted him gold bars, thousands in cash, a luxury car and more

Two New Jersey businessmen, Wael ‘Will’ Hana and Fred Daibes, who paid bribes to Menendez were sentenced to more than eight years, and seven years in prison, respectively

Scheme which involved his wife Nadine Arslanian, 58, and multiple businessmen, saw the long serving senator handing out favors for those who could pay his price 

Powerful chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, was bribed by New Jersey businessmen and did the bidding of Egypt and Qatar, among others

Menendez in July was found guilty on all 16 felony counts he faced for crimes related to the illegal favors he facilitated

Menendez’s Lebanese-born wife Nadine Arslanian Menendez, will be charged in a separate trial 

Former Sen. Bob Menendez, addressing the press before his sentencing at Federal Court in New York, Wednesday. He was sentenced to 11 years in prison for taking part in a P2P scheme involving foreign governments

Former New Jersey senator Bob Menendez, 71, has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for taking part in a bribery scheme that netted him gold bars, thousands in cash, a luxury car and more, the us Department of Justice announced.
Two New Jersey businessmen, Wael ‘Will’ Hana and Fred Daibes, who paid bribes to Menendez were sentenced to more than eight years, and seven years in prison, respectively.
The trio were found guilty of bribery, acting as foreign agents, and obstruction of justice.
The widespread bribery scheme, which involved the ex-senator’s Lebanese born wife, Nadine Arslanian Menendez, 58, as well as multiple businessmen, saw the senator handing out favors for those who could pay his price. 
Prosecutors said he was bribed by New Jersey businessmen and did the bidding of Egypt and Qatar, U.S. federal prosecutors claimed. 
The then powerful chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, in July 2021, was found guilty on all 16 felony counts he faced for crimes related to the illegal favors he doled out.

Bob Menendez, former Democratic senator [NJ], arrives at federal court in New York, Wednesday for sentencing. In July, 2024, he was been found guilty of acting as a ‘foreign agent. He resigned from the US Senate in August of that year

It is the first time a senator has been found guilty of acting as a ‘foreign agent.’ 
The veteran lawmaker was facing up to 222 years in prison for his crimes.
It was reported that Menendez, an influential Democratic senator from New Jersey for nearly two decades before resigning in disgrace in August 2024, began weeping at the hearing.  
‘Your honor, You have before you a chastened man,’ he told the judge, tearfully.

Gold bars recovered by the FBI at Menendez’s home. Prosecutors said the Gold bars turned out to be bribes 

Cash found stashed all over the Menendez home during an FBI raid 

New Jersey businessmen Fred Daibes, [photo], one of the ‘clients’ convicted of paying bribes to former US Senator Bob Menendez, was sentenced to 7 years in prison

Prosecutors said Menendez was bribed by New Jersey businessmen, Egyptian-born Wael ‘Will’ Hana, [photo], and did the bidding of Egypt and Qatar. Hana was sentenced to 97 months in prison 

‘I have dedicated my entire life to the service of others,’ he continued. ‘I am far from a perfect man, but I believe in my half century of public service I have done more good than bad.’ 
Manhattan federal judge Sidney Stein unmoved by the apparent remorse, remarked:  ‘Somewhere along the way you became, I’m sorry to say, a corrupt politician,’ Stein told the former senator. 
Menendez used his high-profile position to help one man negotiate a contract with Egyptian officials, the federal attorneys argued. 
And he used his to quash a New Jersey state investigation into another accomplice’s state insurance fraud case, they said.
During a June 2022 FBI raid of his Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, home authorities discovered 13 gold bars and close to $500,000 in cash stuffed in coats and shoes and stored in safes and closets. 
At his trial the Democrat’s older sister claimed storing thousands of dollars of valuables haphazardly around the house was a ‘Cuban thing.’ 
His defense also attempted to note the 71-year-old hordes money because his family’s experience with Communism in Cuba before immigrating to the US, though Menendez himself was born in New York after his family had already arrived. 

Linking up with her future husband, Bob Menendez, in 2018, Nadine Arslanian, introduced him to Wael ‘Will’ Hana, coordinated dozens of meetings between the two. Menendez passed information to Hana that got to Egyptian military. She will be charged in a separate trial  

Cash was found in envelopes inside a jacket with the senator’s name on it, as well as closets and shoe boxes in the couple’s home in Englewood, NJ, last year

A Mercedes Benz convertible that Menendez and his wife received as part of the pay to play loot in the years-long bribery scheme. The auto was gifted by long-time donor to Menendez, Jose Uribe, who worked in the NJ insurance and trucking business.  

New Jersey businessman Jose Uribe, [photo], in early 2024, flipped, pleading guilty to seven counts, including conspiracy to commit bribery and tax evasion. He has testified that he bribed the Menendezes

In addition to the cash and gold, prosecutors also alleged that Nadine Menendez’s Mercedes-Benz was also a bribe – from Jose Uribe, who worked in the New Jersey insurance and trucking business. 
Two of the New Jersey businessmen indicted alongside the Menendezes, a halal meat mogul Wael ‘Will’ Hana and real estate developer Fred Daibes also were sentenced on Wednesday to 8 and 7 years respectively. 
A third New Jersey businessman Jose Uribe, a former insurance broker, pled guilty to seven counts, including conspiracy to commit bribery and tax evasion in the case in early 2024, and has since testified that he bribed the Menendezes.
‘I agreed with Nadine Menendez and other people to provide a car for Nadine in order to get the power and influence of Mr. Menendez,’ Uribe told the court.