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A federal judge ordered Alan Kaufman to begin his prison sentence on Sept. 7, following nearly two years of appeals and a final legal effort to get a new trial for his conviction of accepting illegal gratuities while he was CEO of Melrose Credit Union.

U.S. District Court Judge Lewis A. Kaplan at the Southern District of New York issued the new order on July 12, a court filing showed.

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