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Feds: Bergen Man Admits Role In Major Mortgage Fraud Scheme Feds: Bergen Man Admits Role In Major Mortgage Fraud Scheme
Feds: Bergen Man Admits Role In Major Mortgage Fraud Scheme A Ridgefield Park man admitted his role Thursday in a scheme to defraud mortgage lenders out of hundreds of thousands of dollars. Dennys A. Tapia, 54, took a deal from the government, pleading guilty to a single count of conspiring to commit bank fraud, rather than go to trial. Tapia and a number of unnamed co-conspirators produced bogus lease agreements, bank statements, pay stubs and employment verifications that secured mortgage loans for unqualified property buyers, as well as a “straw” borrower who participated in the scheme, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. A lender “issued a…

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