Mitchell Cohen, the owner of the now defunct Buy-A-Home real estate brokerage business, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire, bank and mail fraud in connection with a multimillion-dollar mortgage fraud scheme, announced U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Preet Bharara. Cohen also pleaded guilty to one count of perjury in connection with statements he made in a contempt proceeding related to the Dec. 2010 civil fraud lawsuit filed against him. Cohen pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge Ronald L.Click to continue
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