burdett: i had all kinds of things plotted out, right, in my mind. you're shocked and then you -- the anger is just unbelievable to think, you know, here we were getting these monthly statements and saw this money building up. and even though we didn't need it at the moment, we knew it was going to be there when we needed it. so, yeah, i got very angry and... yeah, played out all kinds of horrible scenarios in my mind on what i would do to scott menaged, for sure. narrator: in october 2017, as part of a plea deal with the government, menaged pleads guilty to conspiracy to commit bank fraud, aggravated identity theft, and conspiracy to commit money laundering. he is sentenced to 17 years in federal prison. edelstein: the sentence in this case was the -- the maximum that he could have received under the plea agreement. and it also required him to pay restitution to the victims to make them whole once he is released from prison, so to the extent that he has to answer for the totality of the crimes he committed, not just against the banks and the individ