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11 Defendants Used Synthetic Identities to Steal Elderly Home Equity

Defendants stole PII of elderly victims, created synthetic identities, and used fake documents to obtain over $6 million in hard money loans secured by the victims’ real properties.

Jurisdiction
Central District of California
Incident
2021–2023
Published
2026-10-13
Reported loss
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Ricardo Vasquez-Alvarado

Lead defendant

Charges
Wire fraud · Money laundering · Aggravated identity theft
Status
Charged
Jurisdiction
Central District of California
Aliases
—
Incident
2021–2023

Case stages

  1. Reported
    2022-08-11
  2. Charged
    2023-10-03
  3. Adjudicated

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Sources & provenance

  • U.S. Department of Justice, Central District of California
    government
    Open source