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Crooked Counselor Charged In Refi Swindle; State Lawyer Fund Coughs Up Cash To Cover Client's Mortgage On Eve Of Foreclosure; More Charges In Works

By r morris

In New Haven, Connecticut, The New Haven Register reports:A former city lawyer has been arrested in the theft of more than $143,000 while handling the refinancing of a client?s home mortgage in 2007. Morris I. Olmer, 81, [...] was arraigned at Superior Court on a single count of first-degree larceny. He is accused of pocketing $143,530.35 instead of paying off the original lender when a Hamden

Full post as published by The Home Equity Theft Reporter on March 01, 2010 (boomark / email).