MIAMI, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Federal prosecutors in Miami said three Florida residents defrauded more than 1,000 people in illegal land transactions worth about $10.6 million.
Prosecutors charged Daniel Stephen and Patricia DePons of Miami Shores, Fla., and Clotilde Jean of Miramar, Fla,, with targeting mostly members of the Miami-Dade Haitian community by representing themselves or the business First Loan Solutions as owners of vacant lots or by stealing money intended for escrow accounts, The Miami Herald reported Tuesday.
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