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Code enforcement officers say they were not surprised by mortgage fraud arrests

Publication: The Southampton Press
By Jessica DiNapoli   May 22, 2009 11:00 AM
While some were shocked to learn that a part-time Westhampton Beach businessman and a former Suffolk County legislator were accused of being involved in a $50 million mortgage fraud scheme targeting the East End, a select few said they were surprised that it took so long for authorities to start making arrests.

Former and current code enforcement officers with both Southampton Town and Westhampton Beach Village agreed that some of the warning signs of mortgage fraud—namely, the altering of names on deeds from individuals to corporations—were apparent long before investigators with the Suffolk County district attorney’s office began making arrests last month.

More specifically, code enforcement officers said they first began suspecting that something was amiss when Donald Clark MacPherson, the owner of at least a dozen homes throughout Southampton Town, all... more

There's more out there. Hopefully Mr. Spotta will keep at it and not decide they are "civil" cases and not criminal.
By North of Highway (269), Westhampton Beach on Apr 22, 09 1:28 PM
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