Ontario Cops Catch Up With Forgery Suspect; Charge Man With Pocketing $105K+ In Alleged Refinance Scam

In Ontario, California, the Contra Costa Times reports:

• A Riverside man has been arrested on suspicion of grand theft and forgery in the conning of an Ontario woman in May out of more than $105,000 in a home-mortgage fraud. Arthur Lee Harris, 35, was arrested Oct. 15 after evading Ontario police for more than five months. [...] Nestor Miguel Reyes, 33, of Covina - who is accused of aiding Harris in the scam - was arrested in August on suspicion of perjury, theft and forgery.

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• Earlier this year, Harris posed as a finance broker. He would befriend people, gain their trust and assist in refinancing houses, Ontario police Detective Al Parra said in August. Customers would later discover their house had been refinanced, but for thousands of dollars more than they originally signed.

• Reyes would pose as an escrow officer who processed the loans and recorded forged loan documents, authorities said. Virtually every document that was filed was forged, Parra said.

Source: Man accused of bilking Ontario woman out of home.

For an earlier report on this story, see The San Bernardino Sun: Woman loses $105,000; 2 suspected in fraud case.

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