SOUTHWEST OHIO Three sentenced in financial scam

CINCINNATI (AP) -- The father, sister and an associate of a man who once ran one of the biggest home construction companies in southwest Ohio and northern Kentucky received jail sentences Thursday for their part in a scam to divert $34 million from home buyers into company accounts.
Tony Erpenbeck, 69, was sentenced to five years and 10 months in jail and was fined $2,000 for conspiracy to attempt to influence his daughter, Lori, to lie at a sentencing hearing for his son, A. William Erpenbeck Jr.
Lori Erpenbeck, 41, was sentenced to one year and a day in jail and was ordered to pay $21 million in restitution, along with forfeiting nearly $34 million.
An employee, Michelle Marksberry, 34, was sentenced to two years with the same restitution and forfeiture penalty as Lori Erpenbeck.
Both women had pleaded guilty to committing bank fraud.
A. William Erpenbeck Jr., 43, headed The Erpenbeck Co. He was sentenced April 1 to two 30-year prison terms, to be served concurrently. He had pleaded guilty to a bank fraud charge and to conspiracy for trying to pressure his sister into changing her testimony in his fraud case.
Federal authorities said Erpenbeck Co. defrauded 10 banks and at least 260 home buyers.