The deputy speaker of the Rhode Island House of Representatives has been sentenced to serve time in federal prison for tax fraud involving his insurance adjuster firm. Rep. John McCauley — the owner and co-operator of McCauley and L’Europa Public Adjusters LLC and PIA Restoration LLC and longtime Rhode Island state legislator — was sentenced on Dec. 21 to 27 months in federal prison for conspiracy to defraud the United States of more than $500,000 and filing false tax returns.