By Henry Pierson Curtis, Orlando Sentinel
Convicted once before in New York of mortgage fraud, Garry Martin moved to Orlando to bilk homeowners and banks out of more than $5 million in recent years, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. On Friday, U.S. District Judge Anne C. Conway sent Martin, 36, to federal prison until 2032 and ordered the real estate broker to pay more than $1 million to his victims, U.S. Attorney’s spokesman Steve Cole said.
On Friday, U.S. District Judge Anne C. Conway sent Martin, 36, to federal prison until 2032 and ordered the real estate broker to pay more than $1 million to his victims, U.S. Attorney’s spokesman Steve Cole said.
Martin had been convicted in 2006 for similar crimes and prohibited from dealing in real estate. But he obtained a real estate sales agent license and a real estate broker’s license upon moving to Central Florida. He created Antigua Housing and Management Inc., Antigua Abstract LLC and several other companies on South Semoran Boulevard. (Read more)
