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Former Congressman George Santos (R-NY) has been sentenced Friday to 87 months in prison for a series of campaign finance schemes.

Prosecutors initially sought a sentence of more than seven years for the former Republican representative and noted fabulist, calling him a “pathological liar and fraudster.”

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Santos pleaded guilty in August to federal charges of wire fraud and aggravated identity theft last summer. According to the Associated Press, the former congressman cried in front of Judge Joanna Seybert before the sentence was pronounced.

"I offer my deepest apologies," he said. "I cannot rewrite the past, but I can control the road ahead."

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During their sentencing recommendation, federal prosecutors called Santos’ claims of remorse "hollow" and said that a lengthy sentence was needed to send a message and remove him from society.

"Santos’ conduct has made a mockery of our election system," prosecutors told the judge. "From his creation of a wholly fictitious biography to his callous theft of money from elderly and impaired donors, Santos’s unrestrained greed and voracious appetite for fame enabled him to exploit the very system by which we select our representatives."