Note: The following text is a quote: March 08, 2010 Los Angeles-area man sentenced to more than 18 years for soliciting murder of ICE informant LOS ANGELES - A Sherman Oaks, Calif., man was sentenced this morning to 217 months in federal prison Monday for his role in a bank fraud scheme and a related plot in which he attempted to hire a hit man to murder a witness who was prepared to testify against him in the fraud case. Pavel Valkovich, 28, was sentenced by United States District Judge Percy Anderson, who told the defendant: "You're your own worst...