Ex-Cowboy "Hitting Machine" Hit With Indictment With Eight Others In Alleged Straw Buyer Mortgage Scam Involving $20M+ In Fraudulently Obtained Loans

In Dallas, Texas, The Dallas Morning News reports:

• Former Dallas Cowboys linebacker Eugene Lockhart Jr., known in his playing days as Mean Gene the Hitting Machine, was arrested Thursday after being indicted on charges related to an alleged mortgage fraud scheme, federal prosecutors said. Lockhart, 48, and eight others(1) allegedly arranged approximately 54 home closings that resulted in the funding of $20.5 million in fraudulent loans between 2001 and 2005, according to the indictment. The indictment detailed transactions in Murphy, Rowlett, Plano and McKinney in which it said the defendants profited by arranging mortgages based on inflated sale prices.

For more, see Former Cowboy Eugene Lockhart Jr. indicted in suspected mortgage fraud scheme.

For the U.S. Attorney (Dallas, Texas) press release, see Former Dallas Cowboys Football Player, Eugene Lockhart, And Eight Others, Charged In Mortgage Fraud Scheme (Federal Indictment Charges Conspiracy, Bank Fraud and Wire Fraud).

(1) The other eight defendants named in the indictment are: Lendell Beacham, 50, of DeSoto, Texas; William Randolph Tisdale, Jr., 45, formerly of Dallas, but currently serving a federal sentence on unrelated charges; Hubert Jones, III, 39, of Garland, Texas; Patricia Ortega Suarez, 55, of Dallas; Suzette Switzer Hinds, 45, of Dallas; Michael Anthony Caldwell, 49, of Arlington, Texas; Donna Lois Kneeland, 45, of Grand Prairie, Texas; and Bryan J. Moorman, 67, of Mesquite, Texas.