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One Man, Two Fraud Trials
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December 22, 2008
A builder and his accomplices were just convicted on federal charges in a $5 million mortgage fraud scheme. He faces another federal court jury for also organizing a $25 million fraud scheme involving conspiracy, bank fraud and money laundering.
F. Jeffrey Miller, 47, was found guilty on one count of conspiracy, one count of unlawful monetary transactions, and two counts of criminal contempt. The jury acquitted him on seven other counts.
His accomplices Stephen W. Vanatta, 45, and Hallie Irvin, 29, were both found guilty of one count of conspiracy, one count of bank fraud, and two counts each of unlawful monetary transactions, and two counts of criminal contempt. Both were also acquitted on one count each of bank fraud, destruction of records and interfering with a witness, and two counts of criminal contempt.
A fourth defendant, James Sparks, pleaded guilty in September and is scheduled to be sentenced Jan. 21. The fifth defendant, Sandra Joy Harris, 42, was acquitted on all counts.
Co-defendants in Miller’s $25 million fraud case include: Todd Earnshaw, Brian Rouse, Angela Parenza, Elizabeth Hessel, James Moser, Steve Middleton, Lanny Ross and Judy Brumble. Ross, Brumble, Middleton, Parenza and Hessel — have pleaded guilty and await sentencing.
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