Wednesday, March 21, 2007

Washington Loan Officer Gets 68 Months In Mortgage Scam

J. Anthony Hansen, of Tacoma, was sentenced to 68 months incarceration, $70,600 in restitution and a $10,000 fine, according to a recent Press Release from Washington State Attorney General Rob McKenna's office.

He was accused of stealing more than $44,000 from 68 homeowners as part of a program to pay off their mortgages. He used the pretense that he was enrolling the homeowners in a Mortgage Payment Acceleration Program, and charged them on average $600 for the service. In fact, no one was enrolled by Hansen.

To read more, see
Mortgage loan officer sentenced for theft and money laundering.
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