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Long Island Man Admits Role In NJ/NY ‘Shotgun’ Mortgage Scheme That Cost Banks $9 Million Long Island Man Admits Role In NJ/NY ‘Shotgun’ Mortgage Scheme That Cost Banks $9 Million
Long Island Man Admits Role In NJ/NY ‘Shotgun’ Mortgage Scheme That Cost Banks $9 Million A Long Island man admitted in federal court in Newark that he participated in a $9 million ‘shotgun’ mortgage scheme in New Jersey and New York. Yorce Yotagri, 53, of Freeport partnered with two other Long Island men – identified as Jorge Flores of Oakdale and Jose Piehrahita, also of Freeport – to secure several home equity lines of credit for the same properties and pocket the money before the lending banks found out, U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Craig Carpenito said. One of those properties was in Jersey City, a complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Newark says. Yotagri lived on ano…