Agents sentenced in mortgage fraud

? Two Leawood women have been sentenced to probation for helping illegal immigrants commit $7.7 million in mortgage fraud through the use of stolen Social Security numbers.

The women were not given prison time, partly because only four of the 102 mortgages received by the undocumented workers have gone into default.

Doris Toledo, 68, and her daughter, Sylvia Toledo, 43, each received a sentence of 18 months’ probation, eight months suspended prison time and a $25,000 fine.

The two were also ordered to surrender their real estate licenses and perform 30 hours of community service.

Sonia Toledo, 39, another daughter, pleaded guilty to the same charge earlier and received the same sentence.

The three were originally charged with 23 counts linked to transactions between 2003 and 2004. Prosecutors also said the women earned $128,000 in fees from the fraudulent loans and $228,000 in real estate commissions.

On Friday, they backtracked and said those amounts were speculative.

Johnson County Judge James Franklin Davis asked prosecutors Friday why they approved such a light sentence.

Assistant District Attorney Patrick Carney said that because only four of the fraudulent loans went into default, federal officials didn’t want to prosecute because of the small amount of losses.