Ask me about mortgage fraud. Go ahead. I dare you. I can tell you stories that will curl you hair.
Anyway, kudos to Collin County for sending a clear message of STAY AWAY for the past few years to perpetrators of mortgage fraud. Dallas County, you have a lot to learn, and I know you have the knowledge to do it. After all, the current Dallas County DA happens to be a former mortgage broker with title company experience to boot.
Over two years ago, investigative reporter Becky Oliver from FOX4 news asked Dallas County DA, Craig Watkins, what his office plans to do about mortgage fraud. His answer? “We don’t have the prosecutors that can go forth and prosecute these cases because we don’t have the resources.”
When asked what message his office is sending by not prosecuting mortgage fraud cases. Watkins replied, “…the criminals are running the show.”
On the other hand, here is what Collin County is doing:
12:00 AM CDT on Sunday, August 30, 2009
By ED HOUSEWRIGHT / The Dallas Morning News (Excerpts)
By ED HOUSEWRIGHT / The Dallas Morning News (Excerpts)
Chris Milner, a former federal prosecutor, heads the Collin County district attorney's effort to crack down on mortgage fraud.
"I could keep just about the entire office busy with mortgage fraud," he said. District Attorney John Roach began investigating mortgage fraud in 2005 and has four prosecutors assigned to it and other white-collar crimes. His office has held training seminars on mortgage fraud for law enforcement agencies throughout the region.
"I think we'll be prosecuting mortgage fraud forever," Milner said.
So, what's the news on the case you wrote about in July?
ReplyDeleteThe trial has been postponed (again) until February 2010.
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