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More Prison Time For Fort Lee Con Man Who Used Prisoners' IDs On Claims
FORT LEE, N.J. – A former Fort Lee mortgage broker already headed to a federal pen must also spend at least three years in state prison for filing bogus unemployment and temporary disability claims that netted $317,736 by using the names of prison inmates.
Jose Crespo, 52, must also pay the government back after pleading guilty last April to computer theft.
Crespo's wife, Marilyn Crespo, 50, pleaded guilty to theft charge and was sentenced to a drug court program that carries a five-year prison sentence if she fails to meet its requirements.
Her husband's friend, Craig Mallone, 62, of Wilm…
