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Hospitalized Landlord Granted Restitution Delay

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By RAY REYES | The Tampa Tribune

Published: June 3, 2008

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Steven Green

TAMPA - A man once known as one of Tampa's most notorious landlords has been given an extension to make restitution payments, according to an order signed by U.S. District Judge Susan C. Bucklew.

Steven Green has until September to come up with the final $3 million that Bucklew ordered him to pay at his February 2007 sentencing hearing. Green operated low-income housing complexes and was cited for numerous code violations.

He was sentenced to 33 months in prison and tax evasion and fraud charges. The judge ordered him to pay more than $4 million in restitution to Wells Fargo Bank.

Green defrauded the bank by using a false Social Security number on a $9 million mortgage application for the Amberwood apartment complex on North Florida Avenue.

At the sentencing hearing, Bucklew gave Green time to get his financial affairs in order before reporting to prison.

Green has paid more than $1 million, court documents show. Bucklew has ordered him to make an interim payment of $100,000 by June 16 and another $100,000 payment by July 15. The remainder must be paid by Sept. 2, according to the order Bucklew signed May 1.

In December, the judge granted Green his first extension to make restitution payments. He was unable to pay the remainder by the May 2 deadline and requested another four-month extension, court documents said.

In May 2007, Green was hit by a car outside a Manhattan nightclub. He has been hospitalized since with what his attorneys describe as extensive brain injuries that prevent him from making his own decisions.

Green remains in a "childlike" state, according to documents his attorneys filed last month in U.S. District Court.

Reporter Ray Reyes can be reached at (813) 259-7920 or rreyes@tampatrib.com.

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