Husband-and-wife real estate agents who took part in a Ponzi scheme directed at Filipino homeowners trying to avoid foreclosure were sentenced to probation and ordered to give up their real estate licenses. Ben Hebron, 51, and Gloria Hebron, 53, pleaded guilty in April to deceitful practices by a foreclosure consultant and rent skimming. "They knew it was a scam, " prosecutor William La Fond said before the pair were sentenced by Judge Kathleen Lewis, who suspended a yearlong jail sentence as long as the defendants successfully... read full review »