Monrovia, Sept. 10 -- SpoonTV CEO Stanton Witherspoon has secured his release after prosecutors credited him with providing substantial assistance in the investigation and prosecution of a multimillion-dollar scheme involving the sale of fraudulent nursing diplomas and transcripts.

By Gerald C. Koinyeneh, gerald.koinyeneh@frontpageafricaonline.com

Witherspoon, who pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud, was originally sentenced in November 2023 to 41 months in prison and three years of supervised release.

But on September 9, 2026, U.S. District Judge Rodney Smith granted a government motion under Rule 35(b) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, reducing Witherspoon's sentence to time served and eliminating the supervis...