A former New Haven man who served time earlier this decade for cheating lenders and others out of more than $1.5 million is headed back to federal prison, officials said.
In U.S. District Court in Hartford Monday, Judge Robert N. Chatigny sentenced 61-year-old John Voloshin to more than two years in prison in connection with a new fraud and for violating terms of his supervised release from a 2012 conviction, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
Prosecutors said Voloshin began taking money from investors shortly after his release from prison in 2015, promising to generate “very high returns,” officials said.
While he invested some of the money, he used much of it to cover personal expenses, including plastic surgery, fine dining, retail shopping, alcohol and a $20,000 payment on a Manhattan luxury apartment, according to court documents and statements.
Voloshin, who has also lived in Woodbridge, pleaded guilty in January to one count of wire fraud in connection with the new scheme and admitted to violating the terms of his supervised release, officials said.
Chatigny sentenced Voloshin to 27 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release. He also ordered him to repay $275,000 on top of a “substantial restitution obligation” from his prior conviction.
Voloshin was sentenced to 33 months in prison in 2012 for “operating multiple fraud schemes that caused losses of more than $1.5 million,” officials said. Prosecutors said he forged signatures and used phony bank account statements, tax returns, mortgage releases and loan applications to carry out the fraud.
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