NJ Homeowner Faces Charges Of Filing Phony Proof In Court That Mortgage Payments Were Made In Attempt To Dodge Foreclosure

In Somerset County, New Jersey, myCentralJersey.com reports:

• A township man charged with submitting false court documents in an attempt to show that he was current on his mortgage payments surrendered to police Friday, authorities said. James Williamson, 59, [...] turned himself in and was lodged in the Somerset County Jail [...]. An investigation began when the Somerset County Prosecutor's Office received a September 2007 letter from state Superior Court Judge Harriet Derman about allegations of perjury, false swearing and mortgage fraud involving Williamson.

In attempting to forestall a foreclosure sale on his home, Williamson is accused of submitting a certification to the court that claimed he and his wife were current on all mortgage payments and were not in default, according to a prosecutor. In support of the certification, he was alleged to have given the court copies of bogus canceled checks paid to the mortgagee, a phony bank statement and a fraudulent letter supposedly coming from his bank that supported his claim that the checks were cashed.

For more, see Hillsborough man charged in fraud attempt over mortgage payments.