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Businessman Ryan Weckerly of MorningStar Media was sentenced Friday a year in prison for his involvement in a $3 million kickback scheme to defraud Mercyhealth.

Breaking: Businessman Ryan Weckerly of MorningStar Media was sentenced Friday by a federal Wisconsin judge to one year and one day in prison for his involvement in a $3 million kickback scheme with a former Wisconsin hospital executive.

Sycamore businessman Ryan Weckerly, of MorningStar Media, is set to be sentenced Friday by a federal Wisconsin judge after he pleaded guilty to charges from a $3 million tax evasion and fraud scheme with a former Wisconsin hospital executive.

BREAKING: Sycamore businessman Ryan Weckerly pleaded guilty Thursday to federal charges related to a $3 million tax evasion and fraud scheme concocted with a former Wisconsin hospital executive. Weckerly could face 23 years in jail. This is a developing story.

A Sycamore businessman facing federal charges related to a $3 million tax evasion and fraud scheme concocted with a former Wisconsin hospital executive is expected to appear before a federal judge in Wisconsin Thursday for a plea hearing.