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Multi-State Straw Buyer Mortgage Fraud Operation
Recruiters paid individuals with good credit to act as straw buyers on multiple properties using falsified income documents. Properties quickly defaulted, causing millions in losses to lenders.
- Jurisdiction
- Multiple Districts
- Incident
- 2018–2023
- Published
- 2026-10-13
- Reported loss
- —
Travis Barnes
Recruiter
- Charges
- Bank fraud · Wire fraud
- Status
- Charged
- Jurisdiction
- Multiple Districts
- Aliases
- —
- Incident
- 2018–2023
Case stages
- Recruited
- Charged
- Adjudicated
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Sources & provenance
- Open sourceU.S. Department of Justicegovernment