(Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation - Newark Field Office) NEWARK, N.J. - The co-owner of a mortgage company that was responsible for a long-running, large-scale mortgage fraud scheme that caused millions in losses was sentenced today to 21 months in prison, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. Lester Soto, 59, of Freehold, New Jersey, previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Esther Salas to an information charging him with two counts of conspiracy to commit bank fraud. Judge Salas imposed the sentence today in Newark federal. According to the documents filed in this and other cases, as well as statements in court: From September 2006 to May 2008, Soto and others,...
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