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Georgia broker pleads guilty to fraud scheme

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Edward William Farley of Hoschton, Ga., has pleaded guilty in federal district court to committing a mortgage fraud, a real estate investment “Ponzi” scam involving over 150 victims, a check-kiting scheme and a bankruptcy fraud. According to Acting United States Attorney Sally Quillian Yates and the information presented in court: Farley, a former mortgage broker, operated through “Creative Home Search,” “Southern Land Partners,” “Georgia Land Group,” and “Global Mortgage” in Dunwoody and Norcross, Ga., to defraud mortgage lenRead more