South Florida Feds Tag Seven Suspects In Another Alleged Straw Buyer Fraud Scam; Involves 18 Homes & $10M In Mortgages, Say Prosecutors

In Fort Lauderdale, Florida, the South Florida Sun Sentinel reports:

• Federal prosecutors announced mortgage fraud charges Wednesday against seven residents of Broward and Palm Beach counties accused of fraudulently obtaining home loans worth $10 million to buy area properties. Between January 2003 and August 2006, Anthony Dehaney, 56, used straw buyers and false documents to purchase more than 18 Broward homes — including a $1.4 million Coral Springs home and three properties on 26th Street in Wilton Manors, prosecutors allege in an indictment unsealed this week. Authorities arrested Dehaney and his wife, Andrea Dehaney, 42, both of Coral Springs, late Tuesday afternoon, in the latest of a string of arrests in a federal crackdown on mortgage fraud.(1)

For more, see 7 South Floridians charged with mortgage fraud.

From the U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Florida:

• Indictment: U.S. v. Dehaney, et al.,
• Press Release: Seven Broward Residents Charged In $10 Million Mortgage Fraud indictment.

(1) Also charged in the 60-page, 28-count indictment are defendants Howard Gaines, 57, of Delray Beach, FL; Marcia Mestre, 51, of Lauderhill, FL; Beverly Ireland, 51, of Plantation, FL; Donna Patricia Grant, 49, of Wilton Manors, FL; and Angela Manalaysay, 37, of Plantation, FL.