James C. Cilenti, a 47-year-old Leesburg accountant, was sentenced to 64 months in prison for his part in a fraud scheme to obtain $500,000 in life insurance proceeds******this man gets 5 yrs and Diane gets what she gets - tell me the justice system works I dare you - Dianes is 10X worse

Oh Truthbetold - some of us knew Diane all too well and have for hmm lets say 25 some yrs. She is/has always been about the quick buck and who she can flock to get it.  What did she do with the thousands of dollars she inherited oh yeah up her nose.  She was/is/always will be trying to get the next big con.  Once a con or addict always - Unfortunatley her son is following in her footsteps.  Did I know her oh yeah she actually threatened me before and I stood up to the bitch.  Not one person on here is saying that we feel that murderers, rapist etc should have lighter sentences what we are saying is she did a crime, she stole money from alot of people, she helped in the downfall of real estate, Loudoun Co spent X amount of money on this case and interpol got involved because she ran from the law,  etc which is tax payers money in the end and you think she should not be spending more time in jail.  Maybe just maybe you dont know Diane as well as you think you do.  Take it from someone that knows her when she gets out she will stay clean for awhile to get the shadow off her and back to her old ways. She always does.

I agree. More people should have also been convicted. My best friend brought a house with her help.  How has her daughter in law Natasha Du Toit- frederick managed to not be locked up as well? She was just a dirty as Diane. Through the process of buying the home she managed all the paperwork for Diane. This girl went from making 150 bucks a week to buying a 700,000 house in less than a year? Something is fishy there…. My guess is that she rolled on Diane to keep from going to jail???

@TruthbTold

Who is saying the free murderers and those that raped are ok?  I believe they should be locked up for life and throw away the key.

No one is saying Diane should get a life sentence but less than three years come on.

I also agree about “the inside job”. It is a shame that more people have not been prosecuted.  The Obama administration has taken a lot of heat for that.

Yes people here know her.  We knew her when she was just Diane Frederick before she married Ali.  That doesn’t mean she should not pay for her crimes.

Actually, I did know Diane. close enough that she was present at my father’s funeral. I remember her when she was sober and when she fell off the wagon.  I remember when she opened the restaurant and the pride she felt when it was full.  But it failed she couldn’t keep it going,  she tried her hand at realty, and packages/shipping, and all that crap.  She got greedy, got cocky and she messed up.  Don’t play like she’s some innocent scapegoat.  She was in it for the quick cash and unfortunately a lot of people trusted that she was helping them. She lied and manipulated people into thinking that it was ok to stretch the truth and change a number here and there, to give false credit by adding people to her own accounts to boost their profiles.  No reputable realtor would do such a thing. Maybe if she’d stayed clean and sober, she would have listened to her conscience, but addicts and alcohols don’t really care much about anyone but themselves.
I am sympathetic to her children who have to live the rest of their lives with this dark shadow over their family.

@Truthbtold - Whether or not a realtor is worth 3% is an entirely different discussions.  Trying to change it AT THE CLOSING TABLE AND THEN THREATENING SOMEBODY IS COMPLETELY WRONG.  Closing time is way too late to try and change commission terms, and threatening somebody is never okay.

As to the rest of your absurd argument, just because other people who should also be held responsible have not been, she should get a free pass?  It’s irrelevant what a good person you thought she was.  If I had a nickle for every time I heard a criminal complain that they just, “got caught with the wrong people.”

@your point is???
“you guys are sick. hoping prison on someone? wow. i agree with previous posters..who did she kill? was it violent?”  Actually, yes I do hope prison on people who commit crimes.  That’s the whole point of justice.  And since when are killing and violent crimes the only things worthy of severe punishment?  Madoff didn’t kill anybody and he wasn’t violent.  But I guess based on your opinion he shouldn’t serve time.

(Ashburn realtor you are upset of a commission which you think you really earn as a realtor? Please you are a door opener and if most folks know you don’t need a realtor to help you buy a home just a lawyer and title company so let go of you hate its been 6 years already and really ask yourself if you should get paid 3% commission on the sale of a home for opening the door?)

I have read all the BS from the people who want to hang her…
How many of you on here really knew Diane???
Let me know guess NONE of you ASSCLOWNS knew about her before she hit the news!
So with that said let a person who actually knew her say something…
I knew Diane very well and the side everyone does not read about is how far she went to help others and what most of you don’t know is that she got involve with the wrong people such as a few greedy lenders and the real estate company she worked for that introduced her to a lot shady people that only cared about making the most amount of money possible.
Why did they not get help accountable for anything?
Maybe because Diane was there escape goat!
Did anyone read about that? NO I DON’T THINK SO!!!
What you all seem to forget is that there are 2 sides to every story and this is her side that most of you will never hear.
You have murderers, rapist, and truly messed up people walking free and that is okay but when you all read about a simple lady who got caught with the wrong people you want to hang her!
Give her F@#KEN break she did her time not just for what she did but for what others who have never been held accountable did and deserves to be free.

I SUGGEST for everyone who thinks she is so evil to watch a movie called “THE INSIDE JOB” then really ask yourself who are the criminals in this society that have never been held accountable for anything.

Actions have reactions, don’t be quick to judge
You may not know the harships people don’t speak of
It’s best to step back, and observe with couth
For we all must meet our moment of truth

Actions have reactions don’t be quick to judge its best to step back and observe the truth.

Atari ?  Should be a good Assteroids player in the slammer.

I think it’s terrible that she receives hardly any punishment for everything she put lots of people through.  It must be nice to “negotiate” what about those she scammed.  Don’t care that she’s helping other offenders….did any of her “victims” get monies returned?  I agree with the person that said - she is getting less time than the insurance guy who stole a lot less money.  That makes no sense to me.

I am glad to see this woman go to prison.  She tried to sneakily reduce my commission while at the closing table with my client back in 2006.  When I objected she threatened me and my client.  She is a bad egg.

@Allen @Really @Your Point Is

In your world stealing 7 figures must not be a big deal.  People go to jail for a lot longer than this for burglary and robbery and they steal a lot less.

Why do you all think she should get off with this slap on the wrist?

I just hope that anyone that thinks about working or hiring this person in the future does a search and sees this article and comments.  A felon that got off way too easy…very sad

Disgusted Taxpayer. What part of PLEA AGREEMENT don’t you understand? Don’t blame the judge.

Another wimpy plea deal for Plea Dealer Plowman. 

Why are we paying him $150,000 a year?

The judge screwed up with the small sentence and the paper screwed up not reporting who the judge was.

This sets a bad example, she stole 50Million, ruin hundreds if not thousands of families lives. The courts under Plowman and CO are horrific, someone else who didnt have the money for lawyers would of gone to jail for 10 Years+ for lesser crimes.  If it would been one of us, we would of got slammed, I can assure you of that.

you guys are sick. hoping prison on someone? wow. i agree with previous posters..who did she kill? was it violent? oh wait i forgot im talking to the same gumps on here who wanna see parents go to prison for bringing the kids to school late. great lawyer and good for her!!idiots

Allen and Really?  So are you saying what she did is ok?  Do you know Diane, do you know her past because if you do you apparently are as low as she is and who knows maybe were in cahoots or maybe your family and your blind.  She has a history of messing up and coming out smelling like a rose. She has a rap sheet probably as long as my arm as they say from yrs of law breaking why does anyone think that she is going to be reformed or even worthy of working with ex-cons. She cost tax payers alot of money and not to mention the scams she orchestrated - but you think she got off fair.  Open your eyes and take your blinders off.  She will move on to the next scam/con and she would not have been in a Turkish prison had she not left the country.  Why did she leave so she could take her $ that she scammed and stash it, an innocent person doesnt flee - Look at her background sometime and realize once a criminal always she has no other idea how to survive in life other than scamming people from one scam to another whats the next one going to be, I sure hope she doesnt get you.

Migrator, Canadian refers to the country of origin. Indeed all Canada geese did not originate from Canada. Canadian is a misnomer commonly used to identify this species which does indeed migrate to Canada.It is a common mistake to call the easily recognizable waterfowl, Branta canadensis, a Canadian Goose.
It’s important to know that the Canada Goose was actually named after John Canada, not the country Canada. Therefore, referring to the geese as “Canadian” is incorrect and might offend them. Not that there’s anything wrong with Canada.

Migratory Canada Geese migrate to and from Canada, so they are indeed Canadian.  Non migratory Canada Geese do not migrate to Canada, but are derived from ancestors who did.

The case was the subject of a PLEA AGREEMENT. Don’t blame the judge.

I really missed my old Atari.  My dad sold it and then purchased Intellivision, which wasn’t nearly as good.  I loved playing that castle game.

Allen, you would cry a different tune if your money was stolen. Also, there is nothing Canadian about a Canada goose or geese. Really?, you are in the same boat as Allen. You would be the one in line screaming for justice. Fake people!

White Man’s Burden makes a very good point.

@White Man’s Burden - I still think black people complain to much.

I agree with Allen.  It seems like in society all people care about is money. You want someone to spend life in prison for stealing money but then the real criminals’ rapist, and murders get to walk free. What is wrong with this picture? I think she has served her time; being held in a Turkish prison had to be horrible

Hey who was the judge - and your right what about reimbursement to the tax payers that funded her trip back from Turkey and her time in jail - and the DA time and all his flunkies who apparently did not do their job

Wow!  25 comments from people who want to hang her from a yardarm and 1 guy who appears to be selling canadian geese.  Did she kill anyone?  Did she get away with it?  Is her reputation worth anything?  How much time in jail is enough?  Some of you seem to just enjoy destroying people lives.  She made a mistake and paid a pretty severe price for it from my point of view.  She’s probably trying to move on.  Perhaps some of you should as well.  Apparently I am the only one in Loudoun County who thinks the penalty matches the crime.

Wow, to go from 36 years to only having to serve 2 years 9 months….. Someone is sleeping with someone here(the judge, Plowman and Atari) or someone is getting paid off? I wonder how much money the county spent on this case? What about a fine? Bet she hid all the money in Turkey. disgusting!

I agree with most, what a joke. Scam people for millions, leave the country because she knew it was wrong and get very little time in jail? and state no where that she has to repay? I’m another that didn’t vote for this dolt(Plowman), he’s as corrupt as all the other politician and judges in this country. It pays to be a crook.

White folks justice.  Brother steal a bike get more time for that.  To all you asses that say black people complain too much, how you like me now.

Who is to blame here, the judge, Plowman…or both?

The lesson learned is that if you want to commit major fraud and leave the country on the run then come to Loudoun.  When you get caught you don’t have to deal with many consequences.

wow, thats all of the time you get for stealing a few million? hell, considering what i make, it would be worth the jail time.
i would just stash most of the money away, then when i get out, it’s payday.

OMG! Lest we have forgot the jailors who where convicted of having sex with the female inmates! Her candy must be like throwing a hot dog down a hallway!

This is a typical Plowman plea deal, especially for those well connected.  The crook gets off easy and Plowman doesn’t have to do any work.  52% of you made the wrong decision in November if you want a real prosecutor in this county.

Why do I bother getting up and going to work????

Burke Mccahill needed to go for YEARS!

Oh My Lord! I think I’ll puke!!!! Every man for themself!

So you can scam, make a million, evade authorities, and then flee the country and in the end you will get a little slap on the wrist and spend less than three years in jail.

I have to give her lawyer a lot of credit.  This guy got his client off.  The judge on this case should be taken off the bench immediately.  I know that won’t happen.  The judge will probably just let more white collar criminals walk. Shame Shame Shame.

Uber corruption!

EPIC FAIL

This truly truly sickens me - so she breaks the law, she flees, she obstructs justice and this bitch skates with 2 yrs 9 mo - yes she is smiling all the way to the bank.  WTF is wrong with our judicial system.  They failed big time, she must have gone back to her old ways and screwed someone to get off or better put got someone else off if you get my drift.  What does this say to all the others that do this - go ahead you just get smacked a little it only hurts for awhile!

Loudoun County is the place to do white collar crime. Our judges are meek and mousy as if they just piled in from Disneyland! That other woman from Lovettsville, got a light sentence, maybe they can share a cell and plan for their outcoming scams!

What a shame…. All of the millions of dollars she cost various banks to not suffer for her crimes. She will be up and back in business in no time. Her son Michael recently just got out of prison as well. They will have their criminal enterprises up and running in no time flat. Diane is greedy and it will only be a matter of time before she and her son are back behind bars where they belong.

Crime does pay.  $1,000,000 income and you only have to serve 2.9 years in prison. Let me guess that her destination when she gets out is to her Swiss Bank Account.

“She is also alleged to have obtained $1 million, personally, from the scheme.”  So she only has to give up 2 years and 9 months of her life for $1 million of money to play with?  If being a crook could be viewed as her career, she effectively “earned” a $363,636.36 per year salary.  Isn’t one of the purposes of punishment to deter others from committing similar crimes?  I’m willing to be that millions of people in this country would be willing to get locked up for 2-3 years if they could send that kind of cash home to their families.  She probably had a lot of fun with that money, and I bet the government didn’t recover a penny.

She caused $50,000,000 in losses to banks (Read STOCKHOLDERS). Why didn’t her ‘clients’ get prosecuted too? They KNEW THEY WERE LYING about how much they made and how much they had. That’s bank fraud. I hope all their stuff got broken when they were evicted during forclosure. When you lie to obtain money you are a thief.

You can never trust a rat. Thanks plowman! You gave decent people a black eye because of your ingrained overzealous nature for a job and money. I didn’t vote for you, and the people who did know they made a mistake!

So she gets sentenced to 36 years but will end up doing less than three and with her time served I’m guessing she will be out next year or sooner.

This is truly sad and pathetic.  The judge in this case should be ashamed for a slap on the wrist for someone who defrauded people this much.

In the end white collar criminals always end up getting it easier.  No wonder her lawyer seems so happy and upbeat.

She will be out next week.

It is odd that she is getting less time than the insurance fraud guy.