Nevada AG Charges Three In Alleged Refinance Scam; 69 Year Old Victim Left Facing Possible Foreclosure

From the office of the Nevada Atttorney General:

• Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto, announced today the arrests of Roxanne Lynette McCoy and Shanease Renee Bauman, employees of Proserve Mortgage. The arrests were made in connection with an alleged scheme involving the submission of forged loan application documents to a bank for a mortgage loan, after being informed by the victim, Jeri Cooper, age 69, that she could not afford the loan and did not want to complete the loan application process. A third suspect, Laticia Renee Carter, also a Proserve Mortgage employee, remains at large.

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• The State alleges that, as a result, the elderly victim is being held responsible for payment of the loan and now faces possible foreclosure.

According to the Nevada AG's press release, the Defendants are each charged with multiple felonies including:

1. one count of Forgery,
2. one count of Obtaining Signature by False Pretenses,
3. one count of Theft, and
4. one count of Mortgage Lending Fraud.

For more, see Attorney General Announces Arrests In Mortgage Loan Scam Against Senior Citizen.

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