Mortgage fraud leader is sentenced to 52 months

By Nelson Daranciang

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Jan 08, 2013

~~<p>Estrellita "Esther" Garo Miguel is going to prison for about four years for running the largest mortgage fraud scheme in Hawaii.</p>
<p>U.S. District Chief Judge Susan Oki Mollway sentenced Miguel on Monday to 52 months in prison for wire fraud, making false statements on loan applications, money laundering and conspiring to commit mortgage fraud. She gave Miguel until March 4 to turn herself in to begin her sentence. Miguel remains on electronically monitored home detention.</p>
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Estrellita "Esther" Garo Miguel is going to prison for about four years for running the largest mortgage fraud scheme in Hawaii.

U.S. District Chief Judge Susan Oki Mollway sentenced Miguel on Monday to 52 months in prison for wire fraud, making false statements on loan applications, money laundering and conspiring to commit mortgage fraud. She gave Miguel until March 4 to turn herself in to begin her sentence. Miguel remains on electronically monitored home detention. Login for more...