Disgraced former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin (D) was sentenced today to 10 years in prison after being convicted earlier this year on bribery and corruption charges.

Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin was sentenced Wednesday to 120 months in prison. U.S. District Judge Helen Berrigan also ordered Nagin to pay $84,000 in restitution. “What Ray Nagin did was sell his office over and over again,” lead prosecutor Matt Coman said after the sentencing. “The damage that C. Ray Nagin inflicted on this community … is incalculable.” He will report to a minimum security prison in September.

Nagin, 58, was convicted on Feb. 12 of accepting more than $500,000 worth of bribes and free trips from contractors in exchange for helping them clinch millions of dollars in city work when he was mayor of New Orleans, both pre- and post-Hurricane Katrina. He was found guilty of 20 out of 21 counts in the indictment. Nagin, a Democrat who was mayor for two terms from 2002 to 2010, denied he took any bribes.

Nagin came to office as a reformer and rose to fame during the Hurricane Katrina disaster where he frequently criticized the Federal government response.

Among the more serious charges, Nagin was found guilty of was accepting $60,000 from an engineering firm in exchange for special treatment by the city of New Orleans.

Nagin continues to maintain his innocence, and has repeatedly blamed “powerful people” for his legal troubles.