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    Independence Man Sentenced to 17 Years in Prison for $2.2 Million Fraud Schemes
    Sold Stolen Rental Equipment, Real Estate He Didn’t Own KANSAS CITY, Mo. – An Independence, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for two fraud schemes in which he sold unwitting victims rental equipment and real estate that did not belong to him. Jeremy Ace Woods, 46, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Howard F. Sachs to 17 years in federal prison without parole. The court also ordered Woods to pay $798,021 in restitution to 48…
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    September 20, 2023