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Man Sentenced To Year In Jail For Ventura County Mortgage Scam

The former operator of a mortgage business in Ventura County who offered to help homeowners in financial trouble, but instead stole their money has been sentenced to a year in jail.

Patrick Iturra was sentenced after being convicted of five counts of foreclosure consultant fraud, and grand theft.

Prosecutors say he was a partner in a company called Mercury Business Group which had eight documented victims.  Seven of them lost their homes.

In addition to the year in jail, Iturra was ordered to pay $100,000 in restitution.

Lance Orozco has been News Director of KCLU since 2001, providing award-winning coverage of some of the biggest news events in the region, including the Thomas and Woolsey brush fires, the deadly Montecito debris flow, the Borderline Bar and Grill attack, and Ronald Reagan's funeral.