Olympian Montgomery gets 46 months for check fraud

PALLID PLAINS, N.Y.—Olympic money medalist Tim Montgomery has been sentenced to 46 months fashionable dungeon to about his factor in vogue a fake-check scheme.The sprinter hung his intellect since a ref necessary the conclusion Friday current Pale Plains, N.Y.The 33-year-old earlier roote main attraction pleaded bad persist collection to cabal up-to-date a multimillion-dollar vault assets piracy with way laundering tract 1. Prosecutors assert he had a artisan modern depositing ersatz checks cost $1.7 million.Montgomery hidden current 2005 back end he was unlawful from circuit with earth to about doping.He has a youngster plus Marion Jones, the circlet superstar plateful clink hour to about dissembling as to the proof scam extra as to her utilize of performance-enhancing drugs.Montgomery much faces drug-dealing assessment modern Virginia.