US EditionFormer Tennessee House Speaker Sentenced to 3 Years in Prison in Legislative Mail Scheme
Casada was sentenced to three years in prison, fined $30,000 and ordered to repay $10,600 after convictions for fraud, bribery, and money laundering related to a fake mailer scheme.
- Former Tennessee House Speaker Glen Casada has been sentenced to three years in prison and fined $30,000 for corruption convictions.
- Cade Cothren, Casada's aide, received a 30-month prison sentence for similar charges after using false methods to gain money.
- They exploited political influence through a fake mailer business called Phoenix Solutions to illicitly obtain funds, according to the U.S. Attorney for Middle Tennessee.
- Both men were found guilty of multiple charges despite earlier dismissals of three bribery-related counts.
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Former Tennessee legislator convicted of corruption charges
The US Department of Justice announced Tuesday that former speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives Glen Casada was sentenced to 36 months of incarceration for honest services wire fraud, money laundering, and using a fictitious name to carry out a fraud, among other crimes. His former chief of staff, Cade Cothren, was also sentenced to 30 months. The charges stem from a conspiracy between Casada, Cothren, and former state representativ…
Former Tennessee House Speaker Sentenced To 3 Years In Federal Prison
Image: Former Tennessee House Speaker Glen Casada and his wife leave the Fred D. Thompson Federal Courthouse in Nashville on Sept. 23, 2025 after Casada was sentenced to three years in prison for his role in a corruption scheme. Image Credit: John Partipilo/Tennessee Lookout By Sam Stockard [Tennessee Lookout -CC BY-NC-ND 4.0] – Six years after being bounced from the Tennessee House speakership, former Rep. Glen Casada was sentenced Tuesday to 3…
Former Tennessee House Speaker Sentenced to 3 Years in Prison in Legislative Mail Scheme
NASHVILLE, Tenn.—A former Tennessee House speaker was sentenced Tuesday to three years in prison after being convicted in a scheme with a onetime aide to win taxpayer-funded mail business from lawmakers after scandals drove the two out of their top leadership roles. U.S. District Judge Eli Richardson in Nashville handed down the sentence for former Republican Rep. Glen Casada, a court document shows. Casada’s former chief of staff, Cade Cothren,…
Former Tennessee House Speaker sentenced to prison in fraud scheme
Former Tennessee House Speaker Glen Casada has been sentenced to three years in federal prison for his role in a scheme that defrauded the state through a sham political consulting company. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Tennessee said Tuesday that Casada, 66, and his former chief of staff, Cade Cothren, 38, were convicted of honest services wire fraud, conspiracy to commit money laundering, and related charges. Prosecutor…
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