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Mortgage scammer sentenced to 30 months

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 West Palm Beach real estate investor and convicted mortgage
scammer
Ralph
Michel was sentenced this morning to 30 months in a federal prison.
Michel and several other people participated in a scheme to obtain
false mortgages on 37
properties in Palm Beach County and seven in Naples. Michel made a
total profit of
$400,000 to $500,000 from the properties in the scam.