Former Qwest executive Grant Graham was given a sentence of time served and released from government supervision Friday for his role in a $33.6 million fraud scheme in 2001.
Graham, a former senior vice president for Qwest, pleaded guilty to one count of accessory after the fact to wire fraud in 2004. He spent 3 1/2 years on pretrial supervision, a year and a half more than anticipated in his plea agreement, said Jeff Dorschner, a spokesman for the U.S. attorney’s office in Denver.
District Court Judge Robert E. Blackburn did not impose a fine or restitution.
The time-served sentence was based on Graham’s “lengthy period of presentence supervision” and “his cooperation to date and his commitment of continued cooperation with the government’s investigation,” according to Dorsch ner.
The 2004 agreement called for Graham to receive one year of probation if he cooperated with prosecutors looking into an accounting scandal at Qwest, the Denver-based phone company. Prosecutors dropped eight other charges against Graham.
Graham’s attorney, Daniel Sears, could not be reached for comment Friday.
Three other mid-level managers – Bryan Treadway, John Walker and Thomas Hall – were accused in the fraud scheme. Treadway and Walker were acquitted of the 11 charges against them in 2004.
Hall pleaded guilty in 2004 to a misdemeanor count of falsifying documents. He was sentenced to a year of probation and fined $5,000.
Staff writer Kimberly S. Johnson can be reached at 303-820-1088 or kjohnson@denverpost.com.
