Three Jacksonville Men Sentenced for FHA Fraud

Published April 24, 2009, 1:00 p.m. EDT

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Patrick M. Singletary, Robert D. Singletary and Peter J. Russo, all from Jacksonville, Florida, have been sentenced on charges related to a mortgage scheme to defraud the Federal Housing Administration of $2.5 million. Patrick Singletary was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison and ordered to forfeit $1 million. Robert Singletary and Peter Russo were each sentenced to serve one year in federal prison. Robert Singletary was ordered to forfeit $1 million and Russo was ordered to forfeit $500,000. All three defendants had pleaded guilty in October 2008. According to court documents, the defendants submitted false documentation to obtain FHA-insured loans for buyers of single-family properties in Jacksonville between 1997 and September 2004.

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