In April 2016, Hastert was sentenced to 15-months in jail for banking violations related to a scheme to pay hush money to teenage boys he sexually abused while coaching wrestling at a high school in Yorkville, Illinois in the 1960s and 1970s.

Hastert, the longest-serving Republican House speaker in history, pleaded guilty in 2015 to the crime of structuring, which is a form of money laundering that involves withdrawing a large sum of money in small increments to avoid detection.

Scott Cross, one of Hastert's victims who stayed silent for 37 years about the abuse, said he was 'disappointed' to find out that the ex-lawmaker would be released two months early.

Hastert was never charged with sex abuse, because the statute of limitations on his alleged crimes had expired.

Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4796886/Hastert-officially-no-longer-custody-probation-begins.html