(Source: United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of California) SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Today, United States District Judge John A. Mendez sentenced Peter Kuzmenko, 37, of West Sacramento, to 19 years in prison; Aaron New, 41, of Sacramento, to 11 years and three months in prison; Nadia Kuzmenko, 36, formerly of Loomis, to eight years in prison; and Edward Shevtsov, 51, of North Highlands, to eight years in prison for their involvement in a mortgage fraud scheme that cost financial institutions approximately $16 million, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced. On February 13, 2015, after a 21-day trial, a federal jury found the four defendants guilty of multiple...
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