Tuesday, October 14, 2014

Anchor Babies In The News: Woman made thousands keeping down payments for home sales

10/14/2014


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A woman is facing felony charges after a scheme where she pretended to sell homes and kept the cash people gave her for a down payment.
Brownsville police said Ruth Medina surrendered on theft charges on Saturday.
The 28-year-old woman is accused in a scheme where she pretended to sell homes off Naples, Rivera and Hamburg Streets in northwest Brownsville.
Investigators told action 4 News that she took money from prospective buyers but cancelled the sale at the last minute and kept the down payment.
Detectives learned that the sale of the home was fake with the intent to keep the cash.
Authorities filed three outstanding felony warrants against Medina.


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