Portage lawyer sentenced for charges on defrauding elderly couple
CHICAGO — A Portage lawyer licensed to practice in Illinois who was convicted on federal fraud charges for scheming to provide falsified documents to prevent foreclosure on a nearly $2 million parcel of land in Aurora, Illinois, was given a prison sentence of one day.
The fraud Robert Jon Schlyer, 47, was convicted of resulted in an elderly couple losing $300,000.
U.S. District Judge Amy J. St. Eve handed down the sentence to Schlyer last week. In addition the one day, which was time served, Schlyer was sentenced to six months of home confinement, two years probation and to pay restitution of $227,000 to the couple he was convicted of defrauding.
Schlyer's defense attorneys requested a light sentence because they said Schlyer has a young son to care for.
Read more: http://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/portage-lawyer-sentenced-for-charges-on-defrauding-elderly-couple/article_22f32292-177d-503b-a836-49a2f5e1dae6.html
That seems like a light sentence in regards to the crime that was committed.
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