Cincinnati Scammer Sentenced In "Straw Buyer" Flipping Scheme
The victimized financial institutions include ABN Amro Mortgage Group, Inc., Washington Mutual Bank, and Chase Manhattan Bank (now a part of J.P. Morgan Chase Bank of Columbus, Ohio. Other victims include Southstar Funding, LLC and Ashore Funding, Inc., two private mortgage lenders, as well as the homebuyers themselves who were duped into believing that the financing being arranged was legitimate, no money down, 100% financing.
To read the article, see Two years in prison for mortgage fraud. To read the court filings, which detail the grand jury's probable cause findings as to the fraud see:
- 21 Count Grand Jury Indictment - U.S. v. Clements, et. al.
- Plea Bargain Agreement - U.S. v. Clements
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