U.S. Senior District Judge James I. Cohn sentenced two men charged with running fake foreclosure defense firms to 63 months in prison for conspiracy to commit wire fraud.

The Fort Lauderdale judge handed down the sentences against Lake Worth resident Joseph Hilton, also known as Joseph Yurkin and Joseph Starr, 57, and Adam Forman, 48, of Coconut Creek. Cohn also ordered Hilton to pay $1.4 million in restitution and forfeit $1.4 million, and set a $600,000 forfeiture for Forman.

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