Anthony Glen Jones, Mortgage Fraud, Texas 2013

A Collin County man has been sentenced for his role in a mortgage fraud scheme in Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.

Anthony Glen Jones, 43, of Plano, Texas, pleaded guilty on October 23, 2013, to bank fraud in connection with a FHA-insured home loan and was sentenced to 27 months in federal prison today by U.S. District Judge Thad Heartfield.

Jones was also ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $348,918.44 and submit to forfeiture of $152,795.83.

According to court documents, in October 2007, Jones devised and executed a scheme to defraud Prime Lending, a subsidiary of Plains Capital Bank, a federally insured bank.

To execute the scheme, Jones used another person’s identity without their knowledge or consent to sell property located at 1626 Lipscomb Street in Fort Worth, twice within one week.

With respect to the second transaction, Jones caused a fraudulent loan application package to be submitted to Prime Lending while failing to notify Prime Lending that he had already sold the same property.

As a result, Prime Lending funded a loan of $184,300 for the second transaction. Jones fraudulently gained $152,795.83 from this criminal conduct and caused a loss to lending institutions of about $456,601.68.

Jones was indicted by a federal grand jury on March 13, 2013.

This law enforcement action is part of President Barack Obama’s Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force.

The case was investigated by the U.S. Secret Service and the Federal Housing Finance Agency-Office of Inspector General.

The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Christopher A. Eason and Andy Williams.

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