This story has been going on for awhile. He and prosecutors came to a plea deal last year that would put his time served between 3 and 5 years and fine him below $250k. He had to wait for a court to hand down the specifics though. That's what this story is about.

As I've always believed, 2257 prosecution is just to stack the deck against CP producers like this. That way when plea bargains come up, they don't cut into the actual CP charges as much.