Rose A. Shaw, St. Charles, Missouri, was indicted on multiple mail and wire fraud charges, along with a forgery charge alleging that she signed a judge’s name on a bankruptcy document. Shaw was indicted on five felony counts of mail fraud, one felony count of forgery and one felony count of wire fraud.

According to the indictment, Shaw received monthly social security disability payments from January 1985 thought March 2006 by falsely claiming on the applications that she was mentally retarded and suffered from schizophrenia. The total amount of these benefits was approximately $153,000. The indictment states that during this time, Shaw was employed as a mortgage banker under the business name of Rose Shaw Enterprises, LLC and Shaw Brokerage Real Estate Investment Firm, LLC.

In December 2005, Shaw applied for a loan to purchase #10 Hansen Manor, St. Charles, Missouri, by submitting false information on the application, including false net income records for 2005, false financial/income statements 2004 and a false 2004 federal income tax return. Shaw also created false monthly bank account statements to inflate her monthly income figures. As a result of this false information, she was granted a loan for the residence. On December 21, 2005, Long Beach Mortgage Company wire transferred $795,686 for the purchase of this property. The indictment states that Shaw has not made any monthly payments on the loan, which is now in foreclosure proceedings.

In count five of the indictment, it is alleged that on August 25, 2005, Shaw forged the signature of Chief United States Bankruptcy Judge Barry Schermer on a bankruptcy document.

If convicted each mail fraud count carries a maximum penalty of twenty years in prison and/or fines up to $250,000; the wire fraud count carries a maximum of thirty years and/or fines up to $1,000,000 and the forgery count carries a maximum of five years and/or fines up to $250,000.