Gary-Area Mortgage Broker Nailed With Federal Indictment In Alleged Scam To Fraudulently Obtain $1 Million For Clients To Buy 27 Homes

In Northwest Indiana, The Times (Munster, IN) reports:

• A Merrillville mortgage broker has pleaded not guilty to charges she used fraudulent information on credit applications to persuade banks to loan her clients more than $1 million to buy 27 homes, nearly all in Gary. Tameka Bryant, 35, of Lynwood, appeared in court Wednesday on 14 counts of fraud. In addition to the mortgage fraud charges, prosecutors say Bryant used someone else's Social Security number on loan forms at a jewelry store and elsewhere.

For more, see Feds: Woman obtained 27 Gary homes through fraud.