A Waterville man who was sentenced to 87 months in prison 13 years ago for a variety of fraud charges was resentenced Monday in U.S. District Court in Bangor for failure to pay restitution.

Gregory Viollette, 59, was resentenced by Judge George Z. Singal to 18 months in prison and two years of supervised release for failing to pay more than $400,000 in restitution to victims of his fraud. The court also found that Violette transferred more than $70,000 to his wife in order to prevent the money from being used for restitution, according to a press release from U.S. Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II.

Violette was sentenced to 87 months in prison in October 2002 on wire, mail and bankruptcy fraud charges, as well as making false statements to financial institutions and money laundering. He was also ordered to serve three years of supervised release and to pay $422,657 in restitution to the victims of his fraud, according to the release. As of June 2 he still owed $406,487 in restitution, according to the release.

The investigation was conducted by the U.S Probation Office and the Office of the Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.

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