Reality TV Husband Gets Prison Sentence for Fraud

This 2014 image released by Bravo shows Apollo Nida, left, and his wife Phaedra Parks, cast members on "The Real Housewives of Atlanta," during the taping of a reunion special in Atlanta. Federal prosecutors said Tuesday, July 8, 2014, that 35-year-old Nida has been sentenced to eight years in prison after pleading guilty to federal fraud charges. He was also ordered to pay restitution to victims of a $2.3 million scheme during his sentencing hearing in U.S. District Court in Atlanta. Nida is the husband of Phaedra Parks, one of the reality show's stars. He pleaded guilty May 6 to conspiring to commit mail, wire and bank fraud.
This 2014 image released by Bravo shows Apollo Nida, left, and his wife Phaedra Parks, cast members on "The Real Housewives of Atlanta," during the taping of a reunion special in Atlanta. Federal prosecutors said Tuesday, July 8, 2014, that 35-year-old Nida has been sentenced to eight years in prison after pleading guilty to federal fraud charges. He was also ordered to pay restitution to victims of a $2.3 million scheme during his sentencing hearing in U.S. District Court in Atlanta. Nida is the husband of Phaedra Parks, one of the reality show's stars. He pleaded guilty May 6 to conspiring to commit mail, wire and bank fraud. (AP Photo/Bravo, Wilford Harewood)

ATLANTA (AP) — The husband of a "Real Housewives of Atlanta" star has been sentenced to eight years in prison after pleading guilty to federal fraud charges.

Federal prosecutors said Tuesday that 35-year-old Apollo Nida was also ordered to pay restitution to victims of a $2.3 million scheme during his sentencing hearing in U.S. District Court in Atlanta. Nida is the husband of Phaedra Parks, one of the reality show's stars. He pleaded guilty May 6 to conspiring to commit mail, wire and bank fraud.

Prosecutors say Nida and co-conspirators since 2009 had stolen checks and used victims' stolen identities to file fraudulent tax returns and fraudulent claims against the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Authorities say the group laundered money by opening bank accounts in its victims' names.

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