NEW JERSEY
Press of Atlantic City
By LYNDA COHEN Staff Writer
A Margate man has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for bilking about 50 people out of more than $1.3 million — including a nun and two priests.
Adriano Sotomayor, 55, is “a ruthless con man” who — after his scheme caused at least one person to commit suicide — continued to defraud the man’s widow, even after his arrest on the charges,
“He not only took my money but he wanted to drive me to despair,” one of the priests, identified only as “Father D,” said in a statement submitted to the court. “Adriano Sotomayor did more than deprive me of my money, he tried to deprive me of my very will to live.”
Sotomayor’s schemes were apparently used to feed a gambling habit that included about $1.6 million in chip buy-ins at Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino alone in 2010, records shows. IRS records also show he reported no source of income.
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