Friday, March 30, 2007

Additional Mortgage Fraud Charges Against Public Servants, Attorney

A northwest Indiana federal grand jury has tacked on eight more charges and a second real estate scam to the pending mortgage fraud indictments of Lake County Councilman Will Smith, former county tax collector Roosevelt Powell, and politically connected Gary, Indiana attorney Willie Harris. They have been accused of fleecing the Gary Urban Enterprise Association. To read more, see Charges emerge in second GUEA real estate scam, at nwitimes.com.
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