A California man was sentenced this week to 15 years in prison for a bank fraud scheme aimed at fraudulently eliminating home mortgages before profiting on subsequent home sales, the US Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of California said.

James Christopher Castle, 57, formerly of Petaluma, Calif., was given the lengthy prison sentence for the scheme. Last August, a jury found Castle guilty of 35 counts of bank fraud. According to evidence at trial, in May 2020, Castle was extradited to the United States from Australia. Castle previously fled to New Zealand and then Australia in 2011 when it became clear that his scheme was unravelling, the US Attorney said.  After a three-year extradition process, Castle was transported back to the US by the US Marshals Service to stand trial in the United States.

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