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Cases / Real estate

Maher Talal Muhawieh

ReportedSep 17, 2010
LocationSan Francisco, CA
Amount$25,000,000

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Industry
Residential real estate purchase/renovation lending (deeds of trust)
How investors were recruited
Dozens of San Franciscans, many from the Mission District neighborhood
Pitch & red flags
Told lenders funds would purchase and renovate specific properties; "regular and high rates of return for the lenders with limited risk"; funds "secured by deeds of trust"

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Source

FBI official

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