Florida federal judge handed down a four-year prison sentence Friday for a disbarred attorney who admitted to an elaborate scheme in which he conned distressed homeowners into giving him control of their properties with false promises of renegotiating their mortgages and preventing foreclosure, but he instead profited from renting and selling the homes.
The defendants and an attorney convinced homeowners to hand over their properties while the pair filed bogus claims to keep creditors’ foreclosures at bay.