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Former Hempstead Official Sentenced For Scamming Lender, Stealing $59K, DA Says
A former Long Island public official was sentenced for stealing $59,000 and scamming a commercial lender into granting him more than $1 million in loans.
John Novello, the former deputy commissioner for the Town of Hempstead Buildings Department, was sentenced on Thursday, Sept. 30, to five years of probation, Acting Nassau County District Attorney Joyce Smith announced.
The 53-year-old Hewlett Harbor man also paid $41,000 in restitution to the Nassau County Republican Committee.
Novello pleaded guilty to two counts of second-degree grand larceny on Friday, July 23.
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