St. Louis City Man Sentenced for Participating in a Mortgage Fraud Scheme

St. Louis, Missouri: Daniel Mann was sentenced to 15 months in prison for his participation in a mortgage fraud scheme, United States Attorney Catherine Hanaway announced today.

“The devastation mortgage fraud visits on our communities, our lending institutions, and our economy becomes more apparent everyday. Identifying, prosecuting, and punishing fraudsters like Mr. Mann is one part of the solution to the problem,” said U.S. Attorney Hanaway.

Mann pled guilty to a one-count information filed by the U.S. Attorney on November 28, 2007. At that time, he admitted to participating in a mortgage fraud ring headed by Dack Patrick Daugherty of St. Louis. Daugherty was sentenced last month to 44 months in prison and ordered to pay more than $576,000 in restitution. Mann admitted teaming up with Daugherty on several properties. The scheme involved lining up properties from distressed sellers willing to take a below-market sale price for a property and matching them up with willing buyers. Daugherty, Mann and others arranged 100% financing for the buyers by means of false mortgage applications, which typically included lies about a buyer's finances and intention to occupy a property. Buyers were also promised cash payments after closing that were not disclosed to the lending institution. In all, the scheme involved more than 60 properties, mostly in South St. Louis, that ran from 2005 through 2006.

DANIEL MANN, Arnold, Missouri, was the second of five local men indicted as part of an extensive mortgage fraud ring. Mann was sentenced to 15 months imprisonment, to be followed by three years of supervised release and ordered to pay $84,820 in criminal restitution to six mortgage companies defrauded by his conduct. He appeared today for sentencing before United States District Judge Jean C. Hamilton.

Hanaway commended the work performed on the case by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation, and Assistant United States Attorney Thomas Albus, who handled the case for the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

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