The Latest: Ex-Pennsylvania treasurer guilty of lying to FBI

HARRISBURG, Pa. – The Latest on a former Pennsylvania treasurer’s guilty plea (all times local):

12:25 p.m.

Former Pennsylvania Treasurer Barbara Hafer is awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty to lying to the FBI about taking money from a man whose company got millions in business from the agency when she ran it.

The 73-year-old Democrat is likely to face a few months in jail at most when she’s sentenced by a federal judge.

Federal prosecutors said Friday she falsely denied taking money from investment adviser Richard Ireland after her term as treasurer ended in early 2005.

She’s the second ex-state treasurer in three years to plead guilty to federal charges.

Rob McCord, a Democrat, resigned in 2015 in the middle of his second term before pleading guilty to attempted extortion in a campaign finance-related case. McCord has not yet been sentenced.

Hafer isn’t commenting on the plea.

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10:55 a.m.

A former Pennsylvania state treasurer has agreed to plead guilty to lying to the FBI in a case stemming from a long-running, pay-to-play investigation that has already ensnared another state treasurer.

Barbara Hafer, 73, is scheduled to appear in federal court Friday. A plea agreement filed in court Thursday said the charge calls for a maximum of five years in prison.

The Republican-turned-Democrat is the second ex-state treasurer in three years to plead guilty to federal charges.

Rob McCord, a Democrat, resigned in 2015 in the middle of his second term before pleading guilty to attempted extortion in a campaign finance-related case. McCord has not yet been sentenced.