Mortgage scheme ends in hefty 31-year sentence for Strodtman

In a packed courtroom, the first man convicted in Weld County under Colorado's organized crime statute didn't flinch as the years of his coming prison sentence began to add up. Mark Strodtman, 52, was convicted Nov. 18 of 11 counts of felony theft, 11 counts of felony forgery and one count of racketeering under the Colorado Organized Crime Control Act for a mortgage scheme in 2006-07 involving a ...