Denver-Area Foreclosed Home-Snatching Suspect's Spouse Faces Felonies In Foreclosure Scheme; Hubby Faces Similar Allegations

In Denver, Colorado, The Denver Post reports:

• The wife of a man already indicted by a Denver grand jury for violating Colorado's racketeering law now faces similar charges for her role in a scheme where the couple falsely bought and sold homes that didn't belong to them.
  
  Maria Carrillo, 50, is now charged with violating the Colorado Organized Crime Control Act and faces other felony counts of forgery, conspiracy to commit forgery and attempt to influence a public servant.
  
  Her husband Alfonso Carrillo, 50, now faces seven new counts for a total of 25 counts of theft, burglary and criminal trespass among others, according to the District Attorney's Office.(1)
  
  The indictment alleges that Alfonso Carrillo found homeowners facing foreclosure and convinced them to relinquish their property for a fee, misrepresenting it as a way to avoid foreclosure.
  
  Then he and Rudy Breda, 54, would falsify a sale of the properties to others, taking their money for the "purchase" even though later those "buyers" were forced to vacate the properties when mortgage lenders or actual property owners found them living in the homes.
  
  The scheme was targeting Spanish-speaking home buyers, often undocumented and reluctant to work aith investigators out of fear.
  
  Jose Caraveo and Veronica Fernandez-Beleta were originally named as co-defendants in the indictment, but charges have been dropped and they are now listed as victims of theft. Breda remains at large.

Source: Wife of man accused in real estate scam is indicted as well.

(1) See Indictments Filed Against Pair Accused Of Duping Homeowners Into Giving Up Control Of Homes To Avoid F'closure, Illegally Snatching Vacant Homes.