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<h2 class="has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style="color:#352f2f"><strong>Patrick Joseph Soria, 35, ran the nationwide mortgage fraud and property theft from 2015 to 2018 </strong></h2>



<h2 class="has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style="color:#352f2f"><strong>Soria was <strong>jailed for 12 years after he duped more than 2,000 homeowners and buyers out of $7.6M by faking paperwork to sell properties he didn&#8217;t own </strong> </strong></h2>



<h2 class="has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style="color:#352f2f"><strong><strong>Described by the judge as a skillful conman</strong></strong>,<strong> he obtained real property records, faked them, and sold them to other victims </strong></h2>



<h2 class="has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style="color:#352f2f"><strong>Living for the most part at the $2000 a night Waldorf-Astoria and the super lux SLS Hotel, both in Beverley Hills, Soria targeted, Soria targeted homeowners in Texas, New York, Nevada and California</strong></h2>



<h2 class="has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style="color:#352f2f"><strong>In a parallel scheme, he would promise homeowners he could lower their mortgages if they paid him instead of their banks, causing many of them to lose their homes </strong></h2>



<h2 class="has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style="color:#352f2f"><strong>Soria used the $7.6M he amassed on luxury hotels, exotic cars and escort services </strong></h2>



<h2 class="has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style="color:#352f2f"><strong>He pled guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and one count of contempt of court earlier this year, but he was not sentenced until Monday</strong></h2>



<h2 class="has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style="color:#352f2f"><strong>A restitution hearing is scheduled for October 25</strong> </h2>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Waldorf-Astoria-in-Beverly-Hills-CA-1.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-386377" width="836" height="450"/><figcaption><strong>Soria, described at his sentencing by a judge as a &#8216;skillful conman,&#8217; stayed at the Waldorf-Astoria in Beverly Hills at a cost of up to $2,000 per night.</strong> <strong>Living at the Astoria, Soria targeted properties throughout Los Angeles and in states like Nevada and New York. At one point, he reportedly had Waldorf-Astoria staff help him remove property that was to be seized</strong> </figcaption></figure>



<p>A California man was sentenced Monday to 12 years in prison for running a &#8216;sophisticated&#8217; nationwide real estate scam that brought in more than $7.6million, which he spent on luxury car rentals, five-star hotels and escorts. <br>Patrick Joseph Soria, 35, of West Hollywood spent his nights at the Waldorf-Astoria in Beverly Hills and his days cruising in Lamborghini and Bentley rentals while defrauding more than 2,000 people over a three-year period. <br>The &#8216;skillful conman&#8217; ran the nationwide two-part scheme from January 2015 to June 2018, according to the <a rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/west-hollywood-man-sentenced-over-12-years-prison-real-estate-fraud-scheme-victimized">Department of Justice</a>. <br>The first part of the scheme involved hijacking real property titles by using fake filings at county recorders&#8217; offices. After Soria acquired the titles, he would falsify them to create the impression he owned such property, court docs stated. He then turned around and sold them to unsuspecting buyers. <br></p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/SLS-Hotel-Beverley-Hills-Los-Angeles-CA-1024x683.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-386387"/><figcaption><strong>Another favorite haunt of Soria is the super luxurious SLS Hotel in Beverly, Los Angeles where he would stay when he is not at the Waldorf-Astoria</strong></figcaption></figure>



<p>In the second part of the scheme, he convinced homeowners that he could lower their mortgage payments through a loan modification or by taking over the mortgage from their lender. <br>In some cases, he befriended them &#8216;to gain their trust and give them hope,&#8217; the DOJ said.<br>When the victims&#8217; banks started sending them eviction and foreclosure notices, he &#8216;falsely lulled [them] into doing nothing to protect themselves,&#8217; leading many of them to lose their homes. <br>The targeted properties were spread across Texas, New York, Nevada and in the California cities of Vernon, Beverly Hills, Santa Ana, Yorba Linda, and Anaheim, among others, the DOJ said.<br>Soria tricked his victims with fictitious company names like &#8216;HBSC US&#8217; and &#8216;Deutsche Mellon National Asset LLC,&#8217; which were meant to sound like real financial firms. <br>&#8216;This is not the largest case I have presided over in terms of dollars, but it is the most brazen and heartless,&#8217; said US District Judge Dale S. Fischer. <br>&#8216;Mr. Soria turned their hopes into a nightmare.&#8217;<br>Soria had previously committed multiple acts of contempt of court in a related civil case before Judge Fischer, which found him lying to the court about living in a hotel.<br>In fact, he had &#8216;regularly resided&#8217; at the SLS Hotel and the Waldorf-Astoria in Beverly Hills since December 2017, where he spent up to $2,000 a night.</p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Legends-Car-Rentals-in-Beverly-Hills-1-1024x768.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-386379"/><figcaption><strong>Soria was found to have spent $2,500 a day on exotic cars from Legends Car Rentals in Beverly Hills. Lamborghinis were a default choice for the confidence trickster</strong></figcaption></figure>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Bentley-GT-Mulliner-1.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-386381" width="840" height="289"/><figcaption><strong> Among his preferred ways to get around were a Bentley [photo], and a Lamborghini</strong></figcaption></figure>



<p>On June 3 and 4, 2018, he &#8216;knowingly and willfully removed or otherwise hid property&#8217; that was to be seized by law enforcement with the help of Waldorf-Astoria employees, according to a court transcript from March 2019. <br>He also changed the password to his email address and deleted thousands of emails and text messages so that law enforcement couldn&#8217;t access them. <br>He was found to have spent $2,500 a day in luxury car rentals from Legends Car Rentals in Beverly Hills, and between $4,000 to $6,000 a day on escort services.&#8217; <br>Soria pled guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and one count of contempt of court earlier this year, but he wasn&#8217;t sentenced until Monday. <br>A restitution hearing is scheduled for October 25. </p>



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