A Buffalo landlord will pay after pleading guilty to multiple felony counts in a mortgage fraud scam, the state Attorney General's office said Thursday.

Robert Palano, 51, faces two-and-one-half to seven years in prison on the felony counts. The former Clarence resident, now living in Florida, has under a civil action, also agreed to pay $1.5 million in restitution and penalties.

Additionally, Michael Heigel, who worked as an appraiser on more than 100 properties purchased on Buffalo's East Side, will pay $55,000 for over-inflating the value of those homes, many of which ended up vacant and boarded up in a depressed area of the city.

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