Twelve people, suspected of being part of a sophisticated white-collar crime ring led by an ex-convict, have been indicted involving a mortgage-loan scam stretching from Arizona to Nevada to California.
The defendants, including a real estate agent, college students and family members living in the three states are accused of defrauding lenders out of $8 million. Group members led the high life by using phony incomes, Social Security numbers, bank accounts and assets to get loans for upscale homes and luxury cars, according to the 38-count indictment handed up by a federal grand jury in Phoenix. » Read the rest of the entry..