2 plead guilty in Ohio mortgage fraud

Associated Press

CLEVELAND

Authorities say two men have pleaded guilty in Cleveland to mortgage fraud crimes covering $50 million in real estate transactions, $44 million in fraudulent loans and $31 million in profits.

Prosecutors say Uri Gofman of Beachwood, Anthony Capuozzo of Concord and businesses they operated pleaded guilty Wednesday in what investigators call one of the nation’s largest mortgage fraud cases.

Messages seeking comment from their attorneys were not immediately returned.