Francisco "Frank" Hobson
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- Industry
- Real estate property purchases (nonexistent properties)
- How investors were recruited
- Affinity fraud targeting Hispanic investors who saw him as someone they could trust; licensed real estate agent
- Pitch & red flags
- money to be "used to purchase properties" that were not for sale or did not exist
Pitch phrases from this case
Source
U.S. Department of Justice official