Mo. man gets 12-plus years in mortgage fraud case

KANSAS CITY, Kan.

A Missouri man has been sentenced to more than 12 years in federal prison for mortgage fraud.

The U.S. attorney's office said in a news release Tuesday that 36-year-old Ryan Miller, of Kansas City, Mo., also was ordered to pay more than $5.8 million in restitution.

Miller pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Kansas City, Kan., to one count of conspiracy to commit mortgage fraud, one count of wire fraud, one count of money laundering, and one count of aggravated identity theft.

He admitted through his plea to conspiring with others to fraudulently obtain mortgage loans.

The release says the conspirators submitted loan applications that contained false statements to lenders to obtain money.