{"id":5631,"date":"2014-08-20T10:58:59","date_gmt":"2014-08-20T17:58:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=5631"},"modified":"2014-08-20T10:58:59","modified_gmt":"2014-08-20T17:58:59","slug":"former-hotel-broker-sentenced-11-years-prison-55-million-fraud-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=5631","title":{"rendered":"Former Hotel Broker Sentenced to 11 Years in Prison in a $55 Million Fraud Scheme"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/four-indicted-operating-loan-modification-scam-targeting-distressed-homeowners\/mortgage-fraud-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4913\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-4913\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Mortgage-Fraud-150x106.jpg\" alt=\"Mortgage Fraud\" width=\"150\" height=\"106\" \/><\/a>VIRGINIA \u2014\u00a0<\/strong>The president of an international hotel brokerage firm was sentenced Wednesday to 11 years in prison for conducting a wide-ranging set of multi-million dollar fraud schemes involving the sale of several hotel properties, officials said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Robert Timothy Koger<\/strong>, 48, formerly of Oakton, Virginia, was the president and sole owner of Molinaro-Koger, an international hotel real estate brokerage and advisory firm headquartered in Tysons Corner, Virginia.<\/p>\n<p>Koger pleaded guilty on Jan. 16 to wire fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud.<\/p>\n<p>The case was investigated by the FBI.<\/p>\n<p>According to court records, the charges arose from three separate schemes executed by Koger, which resulted in losses exceeding $55 million:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The first scheme involved Koger\u2019s illegal flipping of hotels and promissory notes securing hotels in which Host Hotels and Resorts, L.P. and others were victims.<\/li>\n<li>In the second fraud, Koger executed a Ponzi scheme to steal and launder funds received from 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