Two East Cleveland brothers received lengthy federal prison sentences after prosecutors connected them to a massive fraud operation worth more than $21 million.
According to federal officials, the scheme involved stolen identities, fake business transactions, and fraudulent financial activity that stretched across multiple years. Prosecutors said the brothers moved money through accounts connected to the United Arab Emirates while carrying out the operation.
A federal judge sentenced one brother to more than 20 years in prison. The second brother also received a lengthy sentence tied to the case…