Legal Opinion
United States v. Troy David Chaika
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided October 1, 2012No. 11-3355PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOKEN, Circuit Judge.
When the market for luxury homes in the Twin Cities dramatically slowed, real estate agent Troy Chaika and Dustin LaFavre formed Superior Investment Group (SIG) to acquire unsold homes at discounted prices, seek out buyers and arrange mortgage loans that would finance significantly inflated purchase prices, and use the inflated mortgage loan proceeds to pay fees to SIG and a Chaika-owned company and provide cash back to the buyers. SIG did not disclose to mortgage lenders that buyers would receive significant portions of the loan proceeds. The artificially inflated prices…
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