Update to a story we brought you on June 17: Siado was sentenced to 51 months in federal prison and ordered to pay $50,075 in restitution. Read more in a Department of Justice press release.
Patrick Siado pleaded guilty to a charge of conspiracy in U.S. District Court. He hired people to go door to door to solicit the elderly and the poor. The employees were paid $150 for each person they convinced to provide their personal identifying information and a DNA swab. Read a story from The Augusta Chronicle.
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