Virginia Developer Faces Forgery Charges Involving Bogus Certificates Of Occupancy Used To Push Thru Home Sale Closings

In Gloucester County, Virginia, the Daily Mail reports:

• Four Gloucester county supervisors and the sheriff have seen indictments handed up by a special grand jury in July dismissed or not prosecuted, but developer George Woodhouse is still facing 10 felony counts.

• Woodhouse — who developed the unfinished Dunston Hall subdivision, as well as the Bray Woods subdivision — is scheduled to go to trial in February on charges involving forged county certificates of occupancy for five homes in March and June 2007.

• The forged certificates of occupancy allowed the closing of sales on the homes and the release of money from Woodhouse's lender, EVB Mortgage, earlier than when the county would have issued genuine documents. All homes involved ultimately passed required inspections.

For more, see Forgery trial for Gloucester developer scheduled for Feb. (George Woodhouse will face 10 felony counts related to forged county certificates of occupancy for five homes).