One Santa Clarita man was sentenced Monday and a second local man awaits trial on fraud and money laundering charges related to a bogus debt collection agency they ran out of Bakersfield, Monrovia and Anaheim.
Stefan Lemar Miller, 32, pleaded guilty in September and was sentenced Monday by U.S. District Judge Anthony W. Ishii to six years and nine months in federal prison. A co-conspirator, Darrian Jeffrey Summers, 41, of Taft, was sentenced to eight years. Paul Anthony Vasquez, 27, faces trial in February.
Federal prosecutors list Miller and Vasquez as residents of Santa Clarita – although there is some indication Miller may have moved from Santa Clarita to Sacramento shortly before his arrest.
The U.S. Attorney’s office filed a 23 count indictment Dec. 16 against Miller, Vasquez and Summers, charging them with wire fraud, mail fraud, money laundering and conspiracy for their roles in a scheme to bilk more than $2.7 million from clients of their companies – Maxwell, Turner & Associates in Bakersfield; Stanley, Morgan & Associates Inc. in Monrovia; and related entities.
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