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Florida Mortgage Brokers and Attorneys Indicted for Investment Fraud

Several agencies unsealed an indictment filed against numerous Florida mortgage brokers and attorneys for their involvement in an investment scam.  The defendants who are alleged to have been involved in the multi-million dollar fraud scheme include:

Joseph Guaracino, 32, Plantation, Florida

Steven Stoll, 43, Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Stephen Orchard, 34, Boca Raton, Florida
Matthew Gulla, 35, Davie, Florida

Rene Rodriguez, Jr., 37, Plantation, Florida

Dennis Guaracino, Jr., 34, Plantation, Florida

Jacqueline Trumbore, 39, Margate, Florida

John Velez, 37, Plantation, Florida

Daryl Radziwon, 39, Plantation, Florida

Casey Mittauer, 37, Cooper City, Florida

Joseph DeRosa, 35, Coral Springs, Florida

Robert DePriest, 41, Plantation, Florida

Joseph LaGrasta, 31, Tamarac, Florida

The defendants have been charged with conspiracy, mail fraud, wire fraud, and making false statements to a government agency. Two of the defendants have also been charged with obstructing justice.

The indictment claims that the defendant’s investment scheme involved real property in Broward and Palm Beach counties. The accused allegedly bought and sold the real property by submitting, and causing to be submitted, false and fraudulent documents to mortgage lenders in order to obtain the loans.

According to the indictment, the total dollar amount of the loans secured under the investment scam was in excess of $16 million.

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