Ohio Mortgage Fraud Task Force brings charges against 2 people

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In a press release To view links in this forum your post count must be 10 or greater. Your post count is 0 momentarily. announced a nine count indictment of two individuals from Illinois charged with defrauding local financial institutions. Albert Pliner, 35, and Janna Pliner, 45, of Cook County, Illinois are charged with Securing Writings by Deception, Money Laundering, and Theft for their role in a mortgage fraud scheme. Arrest warrants were issued in connection with this indictment for both defendants.

The Pliners purchased a Canal Winchester home in February 2005 and executed the scheme in May of 2005. The Pliners used the equity in their $290,000.00 residence to secure mortgages and home equity loans from 5 separate financial institutions on the same day. At the closing on each loan, the Pliners certified on four of the loans that there were no other liens or encumbrances on the property.

As the result of this scheme, the Pliners obtained loans and equity credit line advances from the financial institutions in amounts ranging from $100,000.00 to $280,000.00. The total intended loss in fraudulent mortgages as the result of this scheme is close to a million dollars.

“The scams carried out by this couple undermines everything the American Dream is supposed to encompass when buying a home. These con-artists came in to one of our communities to wreak havoc on our neighborhoods and rob our local lending institutions,” said Attorney General Marc Dann. “With the cooperation of local authorities and the Franklin County Prosecutor’s Office, I will continue to protect Ohioans from this kind of illegal activity, and I will continue to crack down on mortgage fraud criminals.”

This case is part of an ongoing effort by the Central Ohio Mortgage Fraud Task Force, which is led by the Columbus Division of Police Economic Crime Unit. This task force was commissioned by Attorney General Marc Dann’s Ohio Organized Crime Investigations Commission in 2006 to combat mortgage fraud in the central Ohio area. Task Force agency members include:
• The Columbus Division of Police, Economic Crime Unit
• Investigators from the Ohio Attorney General’s Office
• Upper Arlington Police Department
• Franklin County Prosecutor’s Office
• Delaware County Prosecutor’s Office
• Ohio Department of Commerce
• Ohio Department of Insurance
• The Office of Inspector General for Housing and Urban Development
• US Secret Service
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
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