Sunday, August 19, 2007

Kansas Mother, Daughters Charged In Alleged $7.7 Million Loan Fraud, I.D. Theft Scam Using Dead People's Social Security Numbers

KMBC-TV Channel 9 (Kansas City, Missouri) reports:
  • "Three women indicted in a case involving about $7.7 million in fraudulent mortgages have been accused of using the Social Security numbers of dead people to help illegal immigrants get home loans. Officials said the fraud scheme generated about $128,000 in fraudulent loan origination fees and $228,000 in real estate commissions for the three women. The Johnson County [Kansas] grand jury this week indicted Doris Toledo, 67, and her two daughters, Sonia Toledo, 38, and Sylvia Toledo, 42, all of Leawood. They were charged with 11 counts of computer crimes, 11 counts of making a false writing and one count of theft by deception."

Reportedly, a total of 102 loans were processed through Building & Loan Mortgage Company in Olathe, Kansas, where Sonia Toledo was a mortgage loan officer.

For more, watch the KMBC-TV report, or to read the online report, see Leawood Women Charged In Mortgage Fraud Scam.