Monthly Archives: September 2014
COLORADO ATTORNEY GENERAL ANNOUNCES SIX FAMILY MEMBERS INDICTED FOR MORTGAGE-FRAUD SCHEME
The Colorado Attorney General’s Office announced that the statewide grand jury has issued a 37-count indictment against six family members for using their status in the real estate industry to perpetrate a fraud-for-profit mortgage fraud scheme. The family is accused of manipulating “straw buyers” to buy and sell properties destined for foreclosure. The six are accused of violating the Colorado Organized Crime Control Act based on the commission of crimes ranging from Forgery and Theft, to Criminal Impersonation, and Attempt to Influence a Public Servant