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Juan Carlos Gonzalez

Former appraiser gets four years for role in mortgage fraud scheme

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United States Attorney A. Brian Albritton has announced that U.S. District Judge Henry Lee Adams Jr. has sentenced Barry C. Westergom of Jacksonville, Fla. to four years in federal prison for conspiracy to commit wire and bank fraud. The court also ordered restitution in the amount of $866,141.62 and entered a money judgment for $100,000, the amount that Westergom had obtained from the fraud. Westergom had pleaded guilty on Oct. 8, 2009.Read more

Mortgage fraud scheme earns Jacksonville man seven years behind bars

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United States Attorney A. Brian Albritton announced that U.S. District Judge Henry Lee Adams Jr., has sentenced Juan Carlos Gonzalez (age 51, of Jacksonville, Fla.) to seven years in federal prison for conspiring to commit wire and bank fraud. The court also entered a money judgment against Gonzalez for $6,296,303.65, the amount that Gonzalez obtained from the fraud. Gonzalez had pleaded guilty on Nov. 25, 2008.Read more