Two Burbank brothers were each sentenced Monday to nearly two years in federal prison for conspiring to steal more than $500,000 that was intended for public housing for the disabled, according to the U.S. Attorney General’s Office.
In addition to prison sentences of 21 months each, Diego L. Taracena, 36, and Bennett A. Taracena, 31, were ordered to pay $526,727 in restitution to the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles.
A third brother charged in the case, Victor Taracena, remains at large. He allegedly accepted kickbacks as manager of the housing authority’s construction program for public housing units that are occupied by disabled residents.