The former manager of an Allentown mortgage company was sentenced Wednesday to four years in prison for his role in a long-running mortgage fraud scheme.

U.S. District Judge Harvey R. Bartle also ordered Joel Tillett, 36, of Whitehall Township, to pay nearly $980,000 in restitution after he pleaded guilty in May to conspiracy and forgery to obtain a government-insured loan.

According to court documents, Tillett and other employees of Madison Funding, which had offices on Hamilton Street, falsified information about their clients' income and employment.