Douglas F. Vaughan, 64, Albuquerque, New Mixico, pled guilty to wire and mail fraud charges that involved his operation of a real estate investment Ponzi scheme in which he fraudulently obtained more than $74 million from approximately 600 investors who were promised extraordinary returns.
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Michael Frank Burgess,69, Alpharetta, Georgia, was sentenced byChief U.S. District Judge Anne C. Conway to 15 years in federal prison for conspiracy to commit wire fraud and money laundering in connection with a real estate fraud scheme.
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Guadalupe Valencia, 47, West Covina, California, who admitted running a real estate Ponzi scheme that took in approximately $6.9 million from more than 150 victims has been sentenced to 108 months in federal prison.
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Jesse Alvin Cripps Sr., 57, previously of Visalia, California, was sentenced by United States District Judge Lawrence J. O’Neill to nine years and six months in prison for an investment scheme involving the sale of fraudulent real estate investment trusts. As part of his sentence, Cripps must also pay $2 million in restitution to his victims and must forfeit the property and proceeds obtained from the scheme.
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Royce Lee Newcomb, 49, Roseville, California, was sentenced by United States District Judge Morrison C. England Jr., to five years and 10 months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release for a real estate fraud scheme. The amount of restitution will be determined at a future hearing. Newcomb pleaded guilty to the charges on May 12, 2011.
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Kevin Powers, 51, Albuquerque, New Mexico, a real estate agent, was sentenced in United States District Court to a 56-month term of imprisonment for his conviction on 17 counts of wire fraud in connection with an unlawful scheme to defraud mortgage lenders and to obtain over $5.5 million in loan proceeds through false pretenses, misrepresentations, and omissions.
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Roy Fluker, Jr., 56, Highland Park, Illinois, was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison, after eight-year prison terms were imposed previously for his son and daughter, in connection with a massive “affinity” fraud scheme in which approximately 2,000 victims were swindled of approximately $10.7 million in losses.
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James Hurst Miller Jr., 63, Paso Robles, California, was charged with federal fraud and money laundering offenses for allegedly bilking victims who invested into Central Coast real estate projects””money that was siphoned off for other purposes.
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Kevin D. O’Connell, 62, Albany, New York, pled guilty on Wednesday, August 17, 2011, to one count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud and mail fraud in connection with his role in a real estate investment fraud scheme.
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Robert Stinson Jr., 56, Berwyn, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty to charges contained in a 26-count indictment detailing a Ponzi scheme that defrauded more than 260 investors of more than $17 million.
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