Arizona man sentenced to 10 years in federal prison in the Eastern District of Texas for various fraudulent schemes

SHERMAN, Texas - A Paulden, Arizona man has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for various multimillion-dollar fraud schemes, announced Eastern District of Texas U.S. Attorney Jay R. Combs.

Mark Exposito, 59, pleaded guilty to two separate fraud schemes and was sentenced to 120 months in federal prison by U.S. District Judge Amos L. Mazzant, III, on November 10, 2026. Exposito was also ordered to pay $10,627,675 in restitution to his victims and to forfeit real property and jewelry.

Exposito pleaded guilty to the fraud charges, originally filed in the Eastern and Northern Districts of Texas and consolidated for sentencing. In the first case, Exposito conspired with others to commit wire fraud involving a car dealership in the Frisco area. The fraudulent activity resulted in a loss of more than $7 million to the dealership, which eventually went out of business. The second scheme involved Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) fraud. In that case, Exposito conspired with others to fraudulently obtain more than $2.7 million in PPP loan proceeds.

On April 7, the Department of Justice announced the creation of the National Fraud Enforcement Division ("Fraud Division"). The Fraud Division is laser-focused on investigating and prosecuting those who commit fraud against the American people. The Department's work to combat fraud supports President Trump's Task Force to Eliminate Fraud, a whole-of-government effort chaired by Vice President J.D. Vance to eliminate fraud, waste, and abuse within Federal benefit programs.

This case was investigated by the FBI and the Small Business Administration Office of Inspector General and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Matt Johnson.

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