Phoenix Man Found Guilty For Filing Fraudulent Lien Releases On Home, Then Pocketing $850K In Subsequent Refinance

From the Office of the Arizona Attorney General:

• Attorney General Terry Goddard [last week] announced that Delanie Belfield Ross, 39, of Phoenix, has been found guilty by a Maricopa County Superior Court jury on three counts of felony fraudulent schemes and practices and one count of theft.

• According to court documents, Ross, along with his wife, Veronica Cooper Ross, and his brother-in-law, Willard Cooper, fraudulently obtained mortgage loans for the purchase of a $3.2 million Paradise Valley home in 1994.

• After taking possession of the house, Delanie Ross recorded fraudulent releases of the liens on the loans with the Maricopa County Recorder. He then represented the house as being owned free and clear to potential investors and obtained an $850,000 line of credit from a private family of investors, using the house as collateral.

For the Arizona AG's press release, see Phoenix Man Found Guilty of Felony Fraud and Theft.

For the original indictment in this matter, see State of Arizona v. Ross.