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MORTGAGE & TAX SWINDLER GETS 9 YEARS IN PRISON - BOGUS MECHANICS LIENS
Steven Hinz Sentenced to Nine Years in Prison, Ordered to Pay More Than $500,000
  Steven R. Hinz was sentenced to nine years in prison and ordered to pay more than $500,000 in restitution for his role in leading separate tax and mortgage fraud conspiracies, said Assistant Attorney General of the Justice Department’s Tax Division Kathryn Keneally, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio Steven M. Dettelbach, and Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Criminal Investigation, Cincinnati Field Office, Darryl K. Williams.
U.S. District Judge Patricia Gaughan ordered Hinz to pay $458,302 in restitution to Wells Fargo Bank, $50,069 to the IRS, and $36,211 to the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Hinz pleaded guilty last year to one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States, one count of making a false 2008 income tax return, 15 counts of aiding and assisting the preparation of false income tax returns, and one count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud involving a mortgage fraud scheme.
The other three defendants charged in case—Heather L. English, Patricia A. Polk, and William E. Phillips, III—have also pleaded guilty.
All four defendants were indicted in December 2011 on the tax conspiracy ... more

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