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The former city councilor, of Roxbury, was no longer in the custody of the Federal Bureau of Prisons as of Friday.
Tania Fernandes Anderson has been released from federal prison, online records show, after serving one month related to federal corruption charges.
The former city councilor, of Roxbury, was no longer in the custody of the Federal Bureau of Prisons as of Friday, according to their inmate search.
“I feel disgusted,” Fernandes Anderson said during her sentencing hearing. “I can’t forgive myself for my behavior … I feel like this will weigh on me for the rest of my life.”
After pleading guilty to two counts against her, Fernandes Anderson reported to prison Oct. 17 for her sentence and will now be under supervised release for three years. She also was ordered to pay $13,000 in restitution, according to court records. Prosecutors had recommended a sentence of a year and one day.
Fernandes Anderson was accused of earning thousands from a kickback scheme when she allegedly gave a hefty bonus to a staff member, who then handed $7,000 back to the councilor in a City Hall bathroom. She was arrested in December and initially pleaded not guilty.
The former councilor was first elected in 2021 and again in 2023 to represent District 7, which includes Roxbury, Dorchester, Fenway, and part of the South End. She was the first African immigrant and Muslim-American elected to the Boston City Council.
After resisting calls from her colleagues to resign, she officially announced her resignation in June, and her last day serving District 7 was July 4. No special election was held, and Rev. Miniard Culpepper won the District 7 seat in the general election earlier this month.
Her lawyer did not return a request for comment.
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