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Local appraisers fuel West Virginia fraud scheme

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Monday, July 23, 2012
A Utah man pleaded guilty to participating in the sophisticated multimillion-dollar mortgage fraud scheme linked to properties at a Putnam County, W.Va., subdivision in early 2006 along with co-conspirators who obtained inflated appraisals from two local appraisers and subsequently sent the appraisals on to Morris in Salt Lake City. 

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