A former city employee who admitted taking bribes in exchange for fraudulently updating motor vehicle registrations was sentenced to one year in prison this morning.

Oahu Circuit Court Judge Richard K. Perkins sentenced former city department of motor vehicles employee Brian K. Hamasaki to one year in prison and five years of probation.

Perkins also ordered Hamasaki to pay $35,646.88 in restitution to the city Department of Customer Services.

The City Prosecutor's office had asked Perkins to sentence Hamasaki to 15 years in prison.

Hamasaki faced charges of first-degree theft, second-degree theft, tampering with a government record and two counts of bribery.