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Long Island man sentenced in hit plot

Originally published: February 6, 2012 12:56 PM
Updated: February 6, 2012 8:57 PM
By JOHN RILEY  john.riley@newsday.com

An undated file photo of Aaron Hand in

Photo credit: Mariela Lombard/ POOL | An undated file photo of Aaron Hand in court.

A Long Island man was sentenced to 8 to 16 years in prison Monday for trying to hire a hit man to kill a witness against him in a mortgage fraud case.

Aaron Hand, 40, formerly of Oyster Bay Cove, will serve the sentence after he completes an 8-1/3 to 25 year sentence he is currently serving for a 2010 conviction in a $100 million mortgage scam.

Hand tried to hire a contract killer, who...

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