Oakdale Man Indicted in Connection with Mortgage Fraud
Bryan Joseph Lenton, 31, is accused of appraising properties over their actual value.
An Oakdale real-estate appraiser was indicted Wednesday in federal court in St. Paul as an alleged co-conspirator in a mortgage fraud scheme, according to a press release. Bryan Joseph Lenton, 31, allegedly intentionally appraised 15 homes in north Minneapolis and St. Paul far above their actual value as part of the fraud, according to the United States Department of Justice press release. Lenton is charged with one count of conspiracy to commit mortgage fraud through interstate wire and 10 counts of wire fraud, the release says. In December of 2005, John Anthony Spencer, 35, an Albertville mortgage broker, allegedly recruited Lenton to appraise five condominium units on Fisk Avenue in St. Paul above their value, according to the press …
Joseph Mondale
12:23 pm on Wednesday, February 2, 2011
John Spencer had nothing to do with this. The US Governement has simply been attempting to build ficticious cases against Mr. Spencer to force him to hand over information about a former client: "PK". When Mr. Spencer refused, and the two co-defendents in this case were charged in another similar crime, having nothing to do with Mr. Spencer, the Government offers deals to the two defendents, … more ›