Marat Lerner stole $2.5 million from financially distressed clients, funneling funds into luxury purchases while leaving victims bankrupt and facing foreclosure.
Marat Lerner, the former president of a Brooklyn-based debt relief services company, was sentenced to prison for 11 years and three months on Tuesday for conspiracy to commit wire fraud and wire fraud.
The victims, many of whom are Brooklyn residents from the Eastern European community, were clients of the Lerner Group, a company that offered debt relief services, including mortgage modifications, according to a press release.
United States District Judge Nicholas G. Garaufis handed down the sentence in federal court in Brooklyn, ordering Lerner to forfeit…
