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To: tedwardst who wrote (4843)	11/12/2007 10:41:31 AM
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Editorial: Sentence sends a message: There will be a price to pay By Daily News staff Sunday, November 11, 2007 We are all too accustomed to seeing crime suspects freed for reasons of mental instability, with arrangements made to get treatment on their own as a condition of probation. Lorraine Afshari, 57, of Naples will be getting her mental-health rehabilitation is prison. Southwest Florida Circuit Judge Fred Hardt says so. Way to go. Hardt took a long look at Afshari’s record of fraud with two mortgage firms that she fronted. He looked hard at the number of people whose finances she ruined. He looked hard at her lack of remorse, repeatedly blaming others for her trouble with the law. Hardt then decided there is no chance any of her victims could see more than $211,000 restitution, and he did what he had to do. He had to exact punishment, and he ordered her to serve 25 years. It could have been a lot more. Court officials say the net effect of Hardt’s action would be to let predators know that if they ply their trade in Collier County, and if they get caught and plead for the court’s mercy, there may be a price to pay. It’s not about revenge on the wrongdoer. It’s about a sense of justice for the victims and preventing others from joining their ranks. We long for the day when what happened to Lorraine Afshari will be commonplace and not news. naplesnews.com North Naples woman who scammed investors sentenced to 25 years prison By AISLING SWIFT Originally published — 10:29 p.m., November 5, 2007 Updated — 5:25 a.m., November 6, 2007 A North Naples woman who scammed investors out of $211,500 through a mortgage investment pyramid scheme was sentenced Monday to 25 years in a state prison after proclaiming her innocence.... naplesnews.com ...“She has just come up here and maintained she is innocent ... and was somehow framed by other people,” Hardt said, adding that the long sentence would deter Afshari and others from committing scams.... ...25-year sentence for scheme to defraud, a first-degree felony punishable by up to 30 years in a state prison. He sentenced her to 195 days for two counts of communications fraud... ...And he sentenced her to three separate three-year sentences for eight counts of security transactions fraud, eight counts of sale of unregistered securities, and eight counts of sale of securities by an unregistered issuer. The third-degree felonies are punishable by up to five years in prison. The concurrent sentences, which involve loans, promissory notes and money wired to Afshari, aren’t added to the 25 years. Two counts of the 28 she was convicted of weren’t part of the sentence because they would have resulted in double jeopardy, being punished twice for one crime. He reserved a decision on restitution. Afshari had turned down a plea bargain for 10 years, asking for probation and restitution, and opted for a trial. Jurors convicted her of all counts....