Prison sentence for Victorian con artist Apostolos Lapatis to be appealed

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Prison sentence for Victorian con artist Apostolos Lapatis to be appealed

The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has appealed the prison sentences given to two con artists who defrauded the owners of a motel out of nearly $3 million. The DPP argues that the sentences for David Stakic and Apostolos Lapatis were “manifestly inadequate.” Stakic, 72, and Lapatis, 54, swindled the owners of Fawkner Airport Motor Inn, Robin and Roslyn Nagorcka, of $2.9 million between December 2013 and January 2018, claiming the money wa…