A federal judge in Atlanta on Wednesday sentenced an insurance broker to four years and two months in prison for his role in a mail fraud scheme, the U.S. Attorney's Office said.

Douglas Terry Dean, 61, who owned Dean & Moore Inc., also was ordered to pay $6.9 million in restitution. U.S. Attorney Sally Yates said Dean submitted numerous false and fraudulent applications for financing to premium finance companies. Some of the applications were in the names of real people and companies while others were for fictitious entities, she said.

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Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, seen here in a file photo from Nov. 14, 2024, is conducting a statewide audit of voter registrations targeting registrations at businesses and P.O. boxes for possible cancelation. (Jason Getz / AJC)

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