Five-plus years for $1.2 million fraud
August 9, 2011
Total Loss:
$1.2 Million
In one of the largest theft cases in Washington County history, a former Forest Lake woman has been sentenced to more than five years in prison after pocketing about $1.2 million from dozens of property transactions.
Cynthia T. Strand, 51, who had moved to Fort Myers, Fla., was sentenced Friday by Washington County District Judge Gregory Galler to 68 months in prison for mortgage fraud. Originally charged with nearly three dozen felony counts, Strand had entered guilty pleas to two counts of theft by swindle and three counts of theft by false representation.
Source:
Star Tribune