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Restaurateur Tony Cheng—best known as the owner of the popular Chinatown restaurant bearing his name—has been sentenced by a U.S. District Court judge in connection to federal bribery charges.

The Post reports that Cheng and his son, Anthony Cheng, Jr., was sentenced by U.S. District Chief Judge Richard Roberts to 24 months probation and a $5,000 fine for trying to bribe public officials. In April, the Chengs pled guilty to a misdemeanor charge for trying to bribe a public official, while his son pled guilty to a felony charge of “payment of a gratuity” to a public official.

The sentencing stems from charges against the Chengs’ that they tried to bribe former D.C. Taxicab Commission chairman Leon Swain by offering him a cut in a new towing operation, in order to get the proper business licenses, despite a moratorium. Little did the Chengs know that Swain was working undercover for the FBI when they bribed him.

In addition to their probation and fines, both Chengs are required “to turn over tax and financial information of the businesses they own,” while Cheng Jr. was ordered “to undergo 60 days of electronic monitoring.”