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Date: 11-13-2020
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Case Number: 3:19-cr-00113-RDM
Judge: Robert D. Mariani
Court: United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania (Lackawanna County)
Plaintiff's Attorney: United States District Attorney’s Office, Scranton, Pennsylvania
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Description: Scranton, Pennsylvania bank fraud criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with bank fraud and aggravated identity theft.
Dory L. Sater, age 46, of Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania, was charged with bank fraud and aggravated identity theft offenses.
In August 2017, Sater forged a mortgage satisfaction piece and filed the instrument with the Luzerne County Recorder of Deeds Office. The forged document erased a mortgage held by Fidelity Deposit & Discount Bank on the Mountaintop, Pennsylvania residence of Sater’s parents. The mortgage had served as collateral for a $50,000 line of credit that Sater had withdrawn in its entirety. Evidence at trial established that Sater’s parents were considering selling their residence while the forged satisfaction piece was recorded. In the process of forging the mortgage satisfaction piece, Sater also forged the signatures of a Fidelity bank officer and of a public notary, whose notary stamp he stole to use on the forged document. Sater was a personal injury attorney in Delaware County, who ran The Sater Law Firm LLC.
The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Phillip J. Caraballo and James Buchanan are prosecuting the case.
The maximum penalty under federal law for the bank fraud offense is 30 years of imprisonment, a term of supervised release following imprisonment, and a fine. The aggravated identity theft charge carries a mandatory, consecutive two-year term of imprisonment. Under the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, the Judge is also required to consider and weigh a number of factors, including the nature, circumstances and seriousness of the offense; the history and characteristics of the defendant; and the need to punish the defendant, protect the public and provide for the defendant's educational, vocational and medical needs. For these reasons, the statutory maximum penalty for the offense is not an accurate indicator of the potential sentence for a specific defendant.
ATTEMPTED BANK FRAUD
(1)
AGGRAVATED IDENTITY THEFT
(2)
Outcome: 11/10/2020 91 COURT REPORTER NOTES Re: Dory L. Sater filed by K. Yeager of Jury Trial - Day Five (1) before Judge Mariani on 11/9/2020. In accordance with 28 U.S.C. Section 753(b), I certify that these original notes are a true and correct record of proceedings in the United States District Court for the Middle District of PA before Judge Mariani on 11/9/2020. By s/ K. Yeager. (Court Reporter Notes are viewable by court staff only). (cr) (Entered: 11/10/2020)
11/10/2020 92 COURT REPORTER NOTES Re: Dory L. Sater filed by K. Yeager of Jury Trial - Day Five (2) before Judge Mariani on 11/9/2020. In accordance with 28 U.S.C. Section 753(b), I certify that these original notes are a true and correct record of proceedings in the United States District Court for the Middle District of PA before Judge Mariani on 11/9/2020. By s/ K. Yeager. (Court Reporter Notes are viewable by court staff only). (cr) (Entered: 11/10/2020)
11/10/2020 93 COURT REPORTER NOTES Re: Dory L. Sater filed by K. Yeager of Jury Trial - Day Five (3) before Judge Mariani on 11/9/2020. In accordance with 28 U.S.C. Section 753(b), I certify that these original notes are a true and correct record of proceedings in the United States District Court for the Middle District of PA before Judge Mariani on 11/9/2020. By s/ K. Yeager. (Court Reporter Notes are viewable by court staff only). (cr) (Entered: 11/10/2020)
11/10/2020 94 COURT REPORTER NOTES Re: Dory L. Sater filed by K. Yeager of Jury Trial - Day Six (1) before Judge Mariani on 11/10/2020. In accordance with 28 U.S.C. Section 753(b), I certify that these original notes are a true and correct record of proceedings in the United States District Court for the Middle District of PA before Judge Mariani on 11/10/2020. By s/ K. Yeager. (Court Reporter Notes are viewable by court staff only). (cr) (Entered: 11/10/2020)
11/10/2020 95 COURT REPORTER NOTES Re: Dory L. Sater filed by K. Yeager of Jury Trial - Day Six (2) before Judge Mariani on 11/10/2020. In accordance with 28 U.S.C. Section 753(b), I certify that these original notes are a true and correct record of proceedings in the United States District Court for the Middle District of PA before Judge Mariani on 11/10/2020. By s/ K. Yeager. (Court Reporter Notes are viewable by court staff only). (cr) (Entered: 11/10/2020)
11/10/2020 104 JURY VERDICT as to Dory L. Sater (1) Guilty on Count 1,2. (jam) (Entered: 11/11/2020)
11/10/2020 105 Gov't EXHIBIT LIST. (jam) (Entered: 11/11/2020)
11/10/2020 106 Deft. EXHIBIT LIST (jam) (Entered: 11/11/2020)
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