Manhattan U.S. Attorney Charges Two Lawyers in $3.9 Million Mortgage Fraud Scheme
December 21, 2009
Total Loss:
$3.9 million
PREET BHARARA, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today the filing of a five-count Indictment charging two attorneys, DUSTIN DENTE and BRANDON LISI, with a scheme to defraud various lending institutions by using straw buyers to obtain over $3.9 million in home mortgage loans that they then stole for their personal use. Both defendants were previously charged in a criminal complaint and arrested on October 15, 2009.
Source:
FBI
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Internal Fraud