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To: BORIS BADENUFF who wrote (21092)	3/11/1999 9:35:00 PM
From: BORIS BADENUFF	Respond to of 26163

******OFF TOPIC****** Former Mouseketeer sentenced to two years in prison 9.12 p.m. ET (212 GMT) March 11, 1999 By Cynthia L. Webb, Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A former Mouseketeer was sentenced Thursday to two years in federal prison for using phony or bounced checks to buy investments and lying about it to the Securities and Exchange Commission. Darlene Fraschilla, who changed her last name from Gillespie after her January marriage, showed no emotion as the sentence was read. In addition to prison, she must pay $6,144 in restitution and serve three years of supervised release. U.S. District Judge Lourdes G. Baird ordered her to report to prison by July 26. Mrs. Fraschilla, who was one of the nine original Mouseketeers on the Mickey Mouse Club television show from 1955-1959, had faced up to 90 years in prison. Mrs. Fraschilla said she plans to appeal. "I believe with all my heart that ... I will truly be vindicated,'' she said. Jurors convicted her in December on a dozen counts of conspiracy, securities fraud, mail fraud, obstruction of justice and perjury. Prosecutors said she helped her then-boyfriend, Jerry Fraschilla, in a scheme to buy more than 194,000 shares of stock valued at $827,000 in 1992 and 1993 by writing checks on closed and overdrawn accounts. Fraschilla, 61, of Oxnard pleaded guilty to 21 counts of fraud last year and was sentenced to 18 months in prison and probation. He also was ordered to pay $65,000 in restitution. comments@foxnews.com © 1999, News America Digital Publishing, Inc. d/b/a Fox News Online. All rights reserved. Fox News is a registered trademark of 20th Century Fox Film Corp. © 1999 Associated Press. All rights reserved.