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Criminal

Mar. 10, 2012

Three attorneys arrested on charges of mortgage-modification fraud

The state attorney general's office arrested three Sacramento-area lawyers Thursday on charges of collecting illegal up-front fees for mortgage-modification services they never performed.


By Don J. DeBenedictis


Daily Journal Staff Writer


SANTA ANA - The state attorney general's office arrested three Sacramento-area lawyers Thursday on charges of collecting illegal up-front fees for mortgage-modification services they never performed.


Gregory T. Flahive, 39, Cynthia R. Flahive, 41, and Michael Kent Johnson, 42, face 19 felony counts, including grand theft by false pretense, conspiracy and false advertising, according to the ...

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