Soon-To-Be Ex-Real Estate Agent Cops Plea To Forging Name Of Unwitting Victim On Loan Documents To Acquire & Finance Home Purchase

In San Bernardino, California, the Contra Costa Times reports:

• Chino Hills real estate agent who forged more than $900,000 in loan documents to purchase a home pleaded guilty to two felonies Friday in San Bernardino Superior Court. As part of a plea bargain reached with prosecutors, Anita Andres Mendoza, 44, will be sentenced to 90 days in jail and be placed on probation for three years, Deputy District Attorney Vance Welch said. She will be required to pay back $180,000 lost by a mortgage company victimized in her scheme, Welch said.

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• The forgery was discovered when a lending institution contacted the woman whose signature Mendoza allegedly forged. Welch said that prosecutors offered Mendoza a relatively lenient plea bargain because she confessed completely when contacted by investigators. [...] Welch said that because of her convictions, Mendoza will likely lose her real estate license.

For the story, see Chino Hills woman pleads guilty to forging home loans.