Man charged in home-repair and reverse-mortgage loan-fraud scheme
05/24/2017 6:06 am PDT
via WGN:
CHICAGO -- (WGN) -- Following complaints by consumers, and a series of WGN reports, a local contractor is now charged with a series of schemes that the U.S. Attorney's office says totaled nearly ten million dollars.
Bond was denied today for Mark Diamond who was in court for his arraignment Tuesday
He is charged in a wide ranging home repair and reverse mortgage fraud scheme that targeted elderly people on the West Side.
Prosecutors say he lured his victims with fake promises of free home repairs through non-existent government programs.
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