A former realtor who owned at least 12 rental properties in Nevada and Texas and filed multiple bankruptcy petitions to avoid paying the mortgages has been sentenced, News3lv.com reported yesterday. Barbara Jean Dennis of Las Vegas pleaded guilty in February to bankruptcy fraud, admitting that she used the automatic stay provision in bankruptcy proceedings to avoid paying the mortgages, while at the same time, collecting rent from her tenants, according to the Department of Justice. She was sentenced yesterday to 11 months in prison, two years of supervised release, and ordered to pay a fine of $10,000 and restitution of $83,000. Judge Kent J. Dawson also entered an order restricting Dennis from engaging in real estate business during the period she is on supervised release.
