South Bend Cop Admits Role In Straw Buyer Mortgage Scam Involving 190 Houses

In Indiana, the South Bend Tribune reports:

• A South Bend police officer has admitted to a mortgage loan scam that involved 190 houses in the South Bend area and bilked lenders out of hundreds of thousands of dollars. Sgt. Robert Culp, a 17-year veteran of the department, was relieved of duty with pay Friday, pending the adjudication of his case, a South Bend police spokesman said. Culp, 43, of New Carlisle, who works in the Metro Special Operations Section, was involved in a scheme between 2003 and 2007 to buy dilapidated houses and sell them at two or three times their actual value, according to federal court documents.

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