Friday, August 24, 2007

Ohio AG Indicts 2 In Scheme To Obtain Inflated Mortgages

In Central Ohio, The Columbus Dispatch reports:
  • "Two Columbus-area men were indicted by a Franklin County grand jury today in connection with a mortgage-fraud case related to properties in Franklin and Ottawa counties. Larry Corna, 52, and Alan Csipke, 29, face multiple counts of theft, money laundering and engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity, Ohio Attorney General Marc Dann's office announced. Corna ... and Csipke ..., "conspired to obtain inflated mortgages on the properties in order to obtain monies from the loan proceeds under false pretenses," according to a statement from Dann's office."

For more, see Two indicted in mortgage-fraud case. See also, Ohio AG Press Release, Two Indicted For Mortgage Fraud In Franklin County.