11 people indicted in mortgage fraud scheme

MIAMI (AP) - Eleven people have been indicted in a mortgage fraud scheme, using phony and stolen documents to get ten (m) million dollars in mortgage loans.

Federal prosecutors say the group allegedly obtained mortgages using counterfeit documents and fake or stolen Florida driver's licenses and Social Security numbers to purchase properties.

The indictment lists seventeen Broward County properties purchased with the loans.

All the defendants are charged in a conspiracy to commit mail fraud, wire fraud and aggravated identity fraud, and with several counts of mail fraud, wire fraud and aggravated identity fraud.