A Florida woman whose son is alleged to be a major drug dealer was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court in Baltimore to two years in prison for wire fraud in a mortgage fraud scheme, according to the U.S. attorney's office.
Yolanda Crawley, 59, of West Palm Beach also was ordered by U.S. District Judge J. Frederick Motz to serve five years of supervised probation and to pay $200,000 in restitution.
Prosecutors say that Crawley admitted submitting false information on mortgage applications in 2005 and 2006 to help her obtain loans to purchase Florida properties. The loan application information had been faxed from Maryland to financial institutions in other states. A Baltimore attorney and a mortgage broker who had participated in the fraud scheme have pleaded guilty, according to prosecutors.
