Monique Le Nguyen sentenced

Monique Le Nguyen, aka Monique Dzung Le, 60, Milpitas, California, a licensed real estate agent, was sentenced by United States District Judge Lawrence J. O'Neill to 20 months in federal prison for conspiring to commit mail fraud in connection with the financing and acquisition of five residential properties in Fresno and Mendocino Counties, California, that were later used for the indoor cultivation of large quantities of marijuana. Nguyen was also ordered to pay restitution to the lenders, which suffered actual losses of $678,224.32 as a result of post-sale foreclosures on the Fresno County properties.