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A federal judge in Los Angeles felt that Jeff McGrue's crime was over the top. District Judge Otis D. Wright III sentenced McGrue to 25 years for a scheme that defrauded distressed homeowners in Southern California by promising to prevent foreclosure by paying off their mortgages, then sending the lenders fake notes. "This sentence will send a strong message of deterrence to scam artists and other schemers who think they can steal from desperate, distressed homeowners and get away with it," U.S. Attorney Andre Birotte Jr. said in a statement.
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Foreclosure fraudster gets 25 years in prison
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