Two former leaders of a non-profit have been sentenced for looking the other way as former D.C. Councilman Harry Thomas Jr. embezzled nearly $400,000 in taxpayer money meant for youth programs.

Marshal Banks and James Garvin, of the Langston in the 21st Century Foundation, were sentenced Thursday to three years of supervised probation and ordered to pay full restitution for helping conceal the misuse of $392,000 in grants from the D.C. government.

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