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Inflated appraisals lead to fraud indictment

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

A federal grand jury returned a nine-count indictment against two Ohio men, alleging that the two recruited sellers drew up purchase contracts for prices significantly higher than the asking price, obtained inflated appraisals and submitted fraudulent documents to lending institutions.

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