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Related: About this forumAlleged Architect of $30 Million Mortgage Relief Fraud Scheme and Four Others Indicted
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/alleged-architect-30-million-mortgage-relief-fraud-scheme-and-four-others-indicted-conspiracyDepartment of Justice
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Friday, October 21, 2016
Alleged Architect of $30 Million Mortgage Relief Fraud Scheme and Four Others Indicted in Conspiracy to Defraud Banks and Homeowners
The alleged architect of a $30 million mortgage relief fraud scheme and four other former employees of a purported mortgage relief company were charged in an indictment unsealed today for their alleged participation in a conspiracy to defraud banks and homeowners. ((Justice, California ands Los Angeles officials)) made the announcement.
Yun Soon Matsuba, aka Dorothy Matsuba, 65; Thomas Matsuba, 64; Jane Matsuba Garcia, 40; and Jamie Matsuba, 31, all of Chatsworth, California, and Young Park, 53, of Koreatown, California, were each charged with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, make false statements and commit identity theft. In addition, the 18-count indictment charges Dorothy Matsuba with five counts of wire fraud, five counts of making false statements and six counts of aggravated identity theft; Jane Matsuba Garcia with one count of wire fraud, two counts of making false statements and one count of aggravated identify theft; and Jamie Matsuba with one count of making a false statement.
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The indictment alleges that from 2005 to 2014, the defendants operated an interlocking web of companies, primarily under the names of Ownership Management Service LLC and Trust Holding Service LLC, which purported to help homeowners obtain relief from high mortgage debt through short sales, in which lenders agree to sell a mortgaged property for less than the amount owed on the mortgage. In a scheme to defraud both the banks and the homeowners the defendants allegedly convinced homeowners to deed their property to trusts set up and controlled by the Matsubas and also promised to pay their mortgages while negotiating with banks to short sell those properties. In the interim, the homeowners either remained in their properties or were relocated to another Matsuba-controlled property. Instead of performing short sales as promised, Dorothy Matsuba and the other defendants failed to make mortgage payments and submitted false and fraudulent short sale purchase offers to the banks in an effort to delay foreclosure and maximize the time period over which the Matsubas could collect rent from the homeowners and other third parties placed in the properties by the Matsubas, the indictment alleges. The Matsubas also routinely forged signatures, used false and stolen identities and filed fraudulent bankruptcy petitionsall in a scheme to delay foreclosure and maximize their profits at the expense of the homeowners and banks, the indictment alleges. The scheme allegedly netted the defendants more than $30 million in rent during the conspiracy period.
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