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No jail after plea in ID fraud case

A Hingham resident held under house arrest for the past year while facing multiple fraud and false-identity allegations will not face jail time after pleading guilty to two charges, a judge decided Monday.

According to the clerk’s office at Plymouth Superior Court in Brockton, Wanpen Florentine pleaded guilty to applying for a false license and to one charge of mortgage fraud. Seven other counts of mortgage fraud were dismissed.

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What is her attorney's statements tying to justify, her criminal activities? Why did she need all of the id's? It is obvious she was using them to break the law. Maybe immigration laws, or voting laws? I don't care how long she was here the the investigation needs to continue, and this criminal needs to stay in jail, not "house arrest" How pathetic and ineffective our legal system is.