In June 2023, he was sentenced to five years in federal prison for his role in the Ohio nuclear bribery scandal, where he accepted part of $60 million in bribes to pass a $1.3 billion bailout bill benefiting FirstEnergy, the corporate owner of Ohio's Perry and Davis–Besse nuclear plants.
Borges has worked on several presidential campaigns, and traveled the world as an Advance Representative for the George W. Bush White House from 2001 to 2008.
In 2010, Borges ran the successful statewide campaign of Dave Yost, who now serves as Ohio Attorney General.
[10] According to Borges, he had started to repay approximately $150,000 in state and federal tax arrears by 2013, with the matter being ultimately settled in 2019.
The benefits came through Ohio House Bill 6, which increased electricity rates and provided the $1.3 billion as a bailout of $150 million per year for two nuclear plants owned by FirstEnergy—Davis–Besse and Perry.