Indiana Feds Indict Closing Agent In Escrow Scam; Customer Loses Home

The Times (Munster, Indiana) reports that a federal grand jury indicted Therese Hundley, 52, of Lowell, Indiana on two counts of mail fraud, Hundley stands accused of mailing fraudulent checks worth more than $35,000. Reportedly, she operated Statewide Escrow Services in Crown Point, and, according to the story:

• "is accused of taking money and checks for paying real estate tax and homeowner insurance bills and then not paying the taxes or the bills. Customers' insurance was cancelled, and Lake County sold a customer's home for nonpayment of taxes ..."

For more, see Lowell resident faces mail fraud charges.

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