Former couple from Utah sentenced in mortgage fraud case

Former couple from Utah sentenced in mortgage fraud case

The Salt Lake Tribune

Published Dec 14, 2011 04:06PM MDT

Two Riverton residents were sentenced Thursday for their roles in a mortgage fraud scheme involving properties in Davis, Salt Lake and Utah counties.
U.S. District Judge David Sam sentenced Christopher Ethington, 36, to three years and one month in federal prison for his guilty plea to mail fraud. His former wife, Janet H. Ethington, 34, was sentenced to 30 days in a county jail and was put on probation for five years for her guilty plea to mail fraud.
Sam also ordered the pair to pay $1.3 milli...

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