(Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation - Baltimore Field Office) Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge James K. Bredar sentenced Richard Shusterman, age 53, of Highland Beach, Florida, today to 18 years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for a wire fraud conspiracy and nine counts of wire fraud in connection with a complex scheme to defraud investors and lenders of $242 million by selling fraudulent investment portfolios of debts purportedly owed by hospital patients. Judge Bredar also entered orders requiring Shusterman to pay restitution of $171,383,834, and to forfeit $242,485,254. On May 2, 2016, a federal jury convicted Shusterman, who is the fourth and...
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