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The owner of a Dearborn, Michigan-based real estate company was sentenced to 110 months in prison, and a former Dearborn attorney was sentenced to 48 months in prison following their convictions for bank fraud and commercial bribery, announced United States Attorney Barbara L. McQuade.

A federal grand jury in Newark, New Jersey returned an indictment against six investors for their roles in a conspiracy to rig bids at auctions conducted by New Jersey municipalities for the sale of tax liens, the Department of Justice announced.

A husband and wife from Monroe were sentenced for their roles in a theft and tax violation scheme, U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced.

The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Wendy Weikal-Beauchat, age 46, of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty to wire fraud and money laundering before U.S. District Court Judge John E. Jones, III.

United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that in federal court United States District Judge Terrence W. Boyle sentenced Kurt Allen Bennett, 41, of Fort Bragg, North Carolina, to 36 months’ imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release.

A former Florida-licensed real estate associate and mortgage broker was sentenced to serve 135 months in prison for his role in a $2.4 million mortgage fraud scheme.

Robert Eldon Robertson and his wife Esther Lynne Robertson of Manteca, Calif., were indicted on charges of filing two false claims for federal tax refunds, filing liens against the former Internal Revenue Service (IRS) commissioner and impeding the administration of federal tax laws, the Justice Department and IRS announced. The indictment was unsealed in the Eastern District of California.

Melissa Trenary Grove, 41, of Bunker Hill, West Virginia, was sentenced to 27 months in prison for embezzling more than $1 million from her employer in Cincinnati.

David Rothman, 50, of Richboro, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 48 months in prison for wire fraud and money laundering. Rothman was the vice president of Rothman Securities Inc. (RSI), an investment brokerage firm in Southampton, Pennsylvania.

An indictment was unsealed in federal court in Brooklyn charging Phillip A. Kenner, a former financial adviser to several former and current National Hockey League (NHL) players, and Tommy C. Constantine, also known as Tommy C. Hormovitis, a former professional race car driver, with wire fraud and wire fraud and money laundering conspiracies in connection with schemes involving fraudulent real estate and business investments.