Seattle Feds Get Guilty Pleas In Mortgage Fraud/Marijuana Grow House Operation

From the Office of the U.S. Attorney (Western District of Washington):

• JET CITY MORTGAGE, LLC and one of its owners and operators, HA-DUYEN THI LE, a/k/a Holly Le, pleaded guilty [last week] in U.S. District Court in Seattle to Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud and Money Laundering in connection with a mortgage fraud scheme. The company was first identified by law enforcement as part of “Operation Green Reaper,” an investigation into large scale marijuana growing conspiracies in south King County. Financial investigation by Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation revealed the company had fraudulently obtained mortgage loans on many of the homes where marijuana grows were established. [...] Many of the homes purchased through this scheme have now been foreclosed by the victim lenders.

For the entire press release, see Mortgage Company And Owner Plead Guilty To Conspiracy To Commit Wire Fraud And Money Laundering (Defendants Falsified Loan Applications on Houses used for Marijuana Production).

In another recent bust of an indoor pot farm operation by the Seattle Feds, see Renton Man Sentenced To 5 Years In Prison For Leading Marijuana Grow Conspuiracy (Installed Marijuana Grows in Six Houses Across Puget Sound Region).