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          LOS ANGELES<\/strong> <\/strong><\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A West Hollywood man was sentenced Monday to 12 years and eight months in federal prison for orchestrating a real estate fraud scheme, authorities stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          Patrick Joseph Soria victimized more than 2,000 homeowners, involved fraudulent filings that affected the title to properties across the country, and caused more than $7 million in losses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

     Soria, 35, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Dale S. Fischer, who called Soria \u201ca skillful conman who created a very sophisticated scheme.\u201d Judge Fischer also stated, \u201cThis is not the largest case I have presided over in terms of dollars, but it is the most brazen and heartless.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A restitution hearing is scheduled for Oct. 25. Soria pleaded guilty on March 2 to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and one count of contempt of court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          From January 2015 to June 2018, Soria stole money from homeowners and would-be home buyers through a two-pronged scheme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Firstly, Soria hijacked title to properties through fraudulent title filings done at county recorders\u2019 offices around the country. He faked the filings to make it appear that he owned the properties, and then \u201csold\u201d the properties to victims who thought they were buying the homes from the true owner. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In fact, Soria never owned the homes, and he instead used the victims\u2019 \u201cpurchase\u201d money for his own personal expenses, including escort services, stays at luxury hotels, and Bentley and Lamborghini car rentals. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

          In the second part of the scheme, Soria convinced homeowners that he could help them with their mortgages, either by assisting them with a loan modification or by taking over their mortgage from their lender, with the promised result, either way, of reducing their mortgage payments. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He told them that he had achieved success in this area in the past, and he convinced them that he was trying to help them, often befriending them to gain their trust and give them hope. But Judge Fischer stated, \u201cMr. Soria turned their hopes into a nightmare.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After gaining the victims\u2019 trust, Soria convinced homeowners to stop paying their real lender and to start paying him. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Through yet more fraudulent filings, Soria deceived his victims into believing he had taken over their mortgages. He also falsely lulled victims into doing nothing to protect themselves when they started receiving foreclosure and eviction notices. Many of the homeowners targeted in the scheme lost their homes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As part of the fraud, Soria used company names such as HBSC US and Deutsche Mellon National Asset LLC, designed to trick homeowners into thinking that these companies were real. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He also took advantage of the complex mix of lenders, trustees, beneficiaries, and services in the mortgage market, and the assignments of mortgage loans between entities, to confuse homeowners and to make it seem as if he did in fact own the properties and mortgages. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

          More than 2,000 individuals were victimized through this scheme. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Soria admitted in court documents that losses totaled more than $7.6 million. In addition to causing losses to individual homeowners, the fraud scheme also victimized numerous lenders who held mortgages on, or other interests in, properties targeted in the scheme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          The targeted properties were located nationwide, including in Texas, New York, Nevada, and in the California cities of Vernon, Beverly Hills, Santa Ana, Yorba Linda, Anaheim and elsewhere, according to officials.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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