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1.
2.
3.
SHERI LYNN DELICH, MY DINH LAM, and ASHLEY ELIZABETH PRASIL, Defendants.
THAT:
Factual Background
1.
The
Cloud
Sky
Flats
("Cloud
9")
is
real
estate
18,
2006
and others conspired and agreed to engage mortgage lenders the in connection of with the
marketing false
of. Cloud
units
t hro ugh
submission Cloud
materially Means of
information
to
lenders
financing
9 sales.
interstate wire communication were used by the course of the scheme to de fraud.
3.
scheme participants in
The to
scheme for
in volved mortgage
and to
others
finding Cloud
buyers
un its,
willing
apply
purchase
processing the loan and property sale paperwork, sales. The participants in the scheme and the
30%
outside
of
the
formal the
closing. kickback
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not
disclose
the
buyers,
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conspirators knew that the payment of funds to a proceeds was material information to a lender. 4.
buyer
from loan
an account controlled by DELICH funded by a payment from the loan proceeds. Once she had payment meant for the kickback, DELI CH
skimmed a percentage for herself and other facilitators in the deal before delivering the remaining funds to the buyer of the unit. The payments to scheme participants were not disclosed to lenders.
5.
being
The misled
were true
fraudulent nature
because
lenders
were
of
buyers'
financial
each unit sold as part of the scheme to defraud was artificially inflated by at least the amount of the kickback.
6.
and more than 80% of the loans have defaulted. transferred the to accounts and controlled by proceeds
of paying
kickbacks
sharing
with scheme participants. 7. On or about April 23, 2007, DELICH accepted a wire
transfer payment of
at US Bank which she controlled and in turn shared the funds with other participants in the scheme described above.
COUNT l
(Conspiracy)
8.
Paragraphs
reference.
9.
18,
approximately inclusive,
dates
in the
District of
Minnesota
and elsewhere,
the defendants,
SHERI
MY
LAM,
and
ASHLEY ELIZABETH PRASIL,
did unlawfully and knowingly combine, conspire, and agree with each other and others known and unknown to commit an offense against the United States, having namely, and intending to devise a scheme and
devised
artifice to defraud,
means of false and fraudulent pretenses, representations, and promises, for the purpose of executing the scheme and artifice, and attempting to do so, transmitted and caused to be transmitted and by means any in 1343.
OF THE CONSPIRACY
of
wire of
in
writings,
signals, United
violation
PURPOSE
10.
The
purpose
of
the
conspiracy
was
to
defraud
lenders
9 units.
11. buyers of
units,
agreeing a
to
pay
the
buyers
and
other 30%
participants
the
transaction
kickback of
approximately
percent of the financed price, and obtaining mortgage loans without disclosing this kickback to the lenders.
OVERT ACTS
12.
In
order
to effect the 3
object
of
in
furtherance caused to be
of
the
conspiracy, the
and and
committed
following
District On
SHERI
LYNN
DELICH the
accepted means of
funds
been
transferred
using
All
Section 371.
COUNT
2
(Money Laundering)
14.
Paragraphs
reference.
15.
Minnesota,
23,
2007,
SHERI
LYNN DELICH,
aided and abetted by others known and unknown, a monetary transaction than and
$10, 000
knowingly engaged in
in criminally derived property of a value in and affecting interstate of a to and foreign unlawful of an
which is,
involved the as
the
proceeds
specified wire
that
defendant part of
accepted scheme
transfer into
$120, 123. 00
obtained
the
defraud
in Eagan,
18,
All
in and
violation
2.
of
Title
United
Sections
1957
FORFEITURE
ALLEGATIONS
Counts incorporated
and if
of
this set
hereby by
realleged for
and the
as
fully
reference,
purpose of alleging forfeitures pursuant to Title 18, Code Sections 981 (a) Code,
(1) (C),
982 (a)
(1),
Section 246l(c). As the result DELICH, to of the offense and 18, alleged in count
l
of
this
forfeit States
to the Code,
United Section
pursuant
(1) (C)
all
and of
Title
and
their
right,
property,
real or
personal,
which constitutes
is derived from
the
result
Information, pursuant to
to the
Section
title,
and in any property traceable thereto. If any of the above-described forfeitable property is
unavailable for forfeiture, forfeiture United United Code, of substitute Code, Code,
the United States intends to seek the as provided for in Title Title 21, 18,
property
States States
as incorporated by Title 28
United
States
Section 246l(c). 5
All
in
violation
of
Title
18,
United 1343,
States and
Code,
Sections United
371,
and
Title
28,
United
Dated:
April 21,
20 1 1
BY:
ROBERT M.