WASHINGTON, June 1 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's U.S. Attorney's office for XXXXXX (insert district) issued the following press release:

TRENTON, N.J. - Nathaniel Anderson, a town councilman and the former Mayor of Willingboro in Burlington County, New Jersey, was sentenced to prison for committing mortgage fraud in connection with a fraudulent short sale of real estate, and his business associate Chrisone Anderson was sentenced to eight months' home confinement for her role in the scheme, U.S. Attorney Robert Frazer announced.

Nathaniel Anderson, 59, and Chrisone Anderson, 58, were previously convicted by a federal jury of one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud affecting a financial institution, one count of bank fraud, and t...