12-Year Prison Sentence In Foreclosure Fraud Action Deemed Reasonable

Mealey's (April 19, 2022, 2:05 PM EDT) -- CHICAGO — A federal judge overseeing the sentencing of a man convicted of mail fraud and bankruptcy fraud in connection with his alleged orchestration of a foreclosure fraud scheme did not procedurally err when he drew a comparison between the man and another defendant sentenced in a completely different action because the judge did not rely on inaccurate information in issuing his sentence, a Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled April 18 in affirming....