Home renovation firm founder charged in mortgage scheme

Obed Guzman faces several charges in case.

  • By Business Observer Staff
  • | 10:23 a.m. October 8, 2021
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FORT MYERS — A Fort Myers resident has been charged in an alleged mortgage fraud scheme, where victims losses are estimated to be some $200,000.

The defendant, Obed Guzman, was charged with violating Florida’s mortgage loan and loan originator laws, communications fraud, filing false documents against real property and mortgage fraud, according to a statement from the Florida Office of Financial Regulation.

 

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