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Midstate Businessman Gets Federal Prison for $1.6M Scam that Targeted Amish, Mennonites

November 12, 2014

Lancaster, Pennsylvania - Calling the crime a "straight-up fraud," a federal judge Wednesday sentenced a midstate man to 37 months in prison for a $1.65 million investment scam that targeted the Amish and Mennonite communities.

U.S. Middle District Chief Judge Christopher C. Conner imposed that penalty after Christopher Burhans begged for a sentence of house arrest.

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