Former Bucks County Magisterial District Judge John I. Waltman has been sentenced by a federal judge to six-and-a-half years in prison for his involvement in a bribery and money laundering operation, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania announced.

The sentence, handed down Monday by U.S. District Judge Gene E.K. Pratter of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, comes two years after an the indictment of Waltman, from Trevose; Robert P. Hoopes, a lawyer and director of public safety for Lower Southampton Township; and Bernard T. Rafferty, a county deputy constable who heads a consulting firm.