Husband and wife sentenced in loan scam

The state Office of Financial Regulation says the couple collected fees in advance of promised loan closings, an illegal activity.

  • By Business Observer Staff
  • | 2:14 p.m. October 11, 2019
Barry Vigoda was sentenced to more than two years in prison, followed by 10 years of probation, for his role in a fraudulent loan scheme after a plea of no contest.
Barry Vigoda was sentenced to more than two years in prison, followed by 10 years of probation, for his role in a fraudulent loan scheme after a plea of no contest.
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NORTH FORT MYERS — A North Fort Myers couple entered pleas of no contest in an advance fee for loan scheme, with the husband receiving a prison sentence followed by probation while his wife received solely probation.

 

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