Trina Tahir, Mortgage Fraud, Oklahoma 2014

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma – Trina Tahir, 58, of Oklahoma City, has been sentenced to 24 months in federal prison and ordered to pay $382,290.82 in restitution for her role in obtaining mortgage loans fraudulently, announced Sanford C. Coats, United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma.

Tahir was sentenced on March 26, 2014, by U.S. District Judge Timothy D. DeGiusti for her involvement in a mortgage fraud scheme. The indictment alleged that Tahir caused T&T Realty to write checks to Gipson, an agent at T&T Realty, for $27,059.86 and $58,000 respectively. Gipson then bought cashier’s checks in those same amounts payable to “MP Services,” a business that Smith operated.

The indictment also charged Gipson and Tahir with fraudulently misrepresenting the source of funds used as a down payment on a house that Gipson bought in Oklahoma City and charged Tahir with fraudulently disguising the payment of $9,295.52 to a buyer of a house in Midwest City as a real estate bonus.

Tahir pled guilty to laundering the proceeds of a fraudulent mortgage on the house purchased by Gipson on April 6, 2011. A jury convicted Smith of conspiracy on April 14, 2011; on August 30, 2011, he was sentenced to 40 months in prison and ordered to pay $369,355.54.

Gipson pled guilty on March 30, 2011, to conspiracy and money laundering. He was sentenced to 4 months and ordered to pay $335,070.55 in restitution. Tahir will serve 24 months in the custody of the Federal Bureau of Prisons and pay $382,290.82 in restitution to financial institutions. After her incarceration, she will be on supervised release for three years.

The investigation was conducted by the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Scott E. Williams and Chris M. Stephens. Reference is made to public filings for further information.

Tahir’s 24-month sentence is a result of her culpable conduct in connection with six residential properties. The court also found that she had obstructed justice by attempting to manipulate the judicial process through meritless motions in which she contended that she was incompetent and that she should be allowed to withdraw her guilty plea because of alleged coercion by her former counsel.

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