Victorville woman to be deported for Real Estate fraud

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August 22, 2008 - 10:47AM
FROM STAFF REPORTS

VICTORVILLE — An illegal alien with previous criminal convictions, pleaded guilty Thursday to forgery in connection with identity theft and buying a home under someone else’s name, prosecutors said.

Fanny Velasquez, 54, was sentenced to 16 months in state prison but received credit for time served from Superior Court Judge Margaret Powers.

Velasquez will now be released to Immigration and Customs Enforcement and deported to Columbia, said Senior Investigator Ron Miller.

Velasquez was arrested in Fontana in April 2007 at a Fontana glass shop she operated and has been in jail for 17 months Miller said.

“She kept putting it off and getting different attorneys and such,â€