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Shell Game

Number 16071
Subject Real Estate
Source City Paper (Baltimore)
State Maryland
Year 1999
Publication Date June 2, 1999
Summary This investigation examines a real-estate scam targeting lower-income African American women in Baltimore, who were promised rebuilt slum housing through mortgages worth tens of thousands of dollars. The newspaper uncovered that though the man responsible was made to reimburse some of the women in court, he continues his fraudulent activities.
Category Contest Entry
Pages 9
Keywords FBI IRS HUD Charles Jeffries Jr. Center For Affordable Housing flipping
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