{Charleston, West Virginia}...Fifty year old Mark E. Greenlee, a former Charleston real estate appraiser, has been sentenced to one year and six months in federal prison for aiding and abetting wire fraud after pleading guilty in September. Greenlee admitted to preparing a false and fraudulent appraisal in 2006 as part of a multi-million dollar mortgage fraud scheme involving Deborah Joyce and others in the Stonegate subdivision near Hurricane in Putnam County. Former real estate appraiser James Thornton, 48, admitted in June to aiding and abetting the wire fraud scheme and was sentenced earlier this month to five years probation. He received a reduced sentence for his cooperation. Deborah Joyce of Hurricane was sentenced in April 2011 to three years and 10 months in federal prison and five years supervised release. Her husband, Todd Joyce, 38, was sentenced in April 2011 to 18 months on mortgage fraud and tax evasion charges. Michael Hurd, 37, of Salt Lake City, Utah, was sentenced earlier this month to two years and three months in federal prison for conspiracy to commit wire fraud and bank fraud. Raymond Paul Morris, 51, of South Weber, Utah, pleaded guilty in July to wire fraud and bank fraud and faces up to 30 years and a $1 million fine when sentenced October 29th.
