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Repeat fraudster jailed for massive Belize real estate fraud

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NEW YORK, Oct 5, CMC – Andris Pukke has been sentenced to eight years in prison by US District Judge J. Paul Oetken for leading a years-long real estate scam in Belize in which hundreds of victims—many of whom were retirees—were defrauded of about US$77 million.

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