Legal Opinion
United States v. Howard
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided April 28, 2015No. 14-1075PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARTZ, Circuit Judge.
Defendant Roger Howard pleaded guilty to three counts of wire fraud, see 18 U.S.C. § 1343, and one count of money laundering, see id. § 1957, arising from his participation in three mortgage-fraud schemes. His participation included identifying property buyers, arranging for their applications for mortgage loans to overstate assets and incomes, and obtaining inflated property appraisals and kickbacks to himself and some buyers. All buyers defaulted on their mortgage notes. Some notes had been sold by the original lenders to downstream lenders, who may themselves have…
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