Phillip E. Hill, Sr. was the ringleader of the largest mortgage fraud scheme ever prosecuted in the State of Georgia. Hill was found guilty of 168 counts of fraud and money laundering on March 14, 2007 in the Northern District of Georgia. On September 21, 2007, U.S. District Judge Thomas W. Thrash, Jr. sentenced Hill to prison for 28 years. Hill is currently incarcerated in the Federal Correctional Institution in Marianna, Florida, a medium security facility housing male inmates. His projected release date is August 2, 2031. During his trial, prosecutors identified Hill as the ringleader in three interlocking mortgage fraud schemes built on metro-Atlanta real estate sales that, between 2001 and 2003, bilked lenders out of more than $40 million. According to the evidence at trial, Hill was the owner and operator of ?We Build Atlanta, Inc.,? ?The Estate Firm, Inc.,? ?Estate Artistians of Georgia, Inc.,? ?Estates Atlanta, Inc.,? and numerous other Georgia corporations. Hill controlled the affairs of each such corporation. 

January 1st, 1956 in (Age 68)