Julita Uramowska, aka Julie Smalley, 31, of Western Springs, (Chicago Area), Illinois pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud in a Rockford federal court in connection with a scheme to defraud mortgage lenders and title companies out of approximately $9.6 million. Uramowska worked at a mortgage-brokerage company and arranged financing for a person posing as a buyer of a home.
Four other defendants have also pleaded guilty in the scheme:
Zbigniew Recko, 35, Chicago, Illinois, one count of wire fraud
Jan Rozycka, 43, Chicago, Illinois, two counts of wire fraud
Ignacy Kondrad, 48, Chicago, Illinois, one count of money laundering
Waldemar Wilkiewicz, 28, Chicago, one count of wire fraud.
Rachel Dollar, the editor of Mortgage Fraud Blog is an attorney and Certified Mortgage Banker who handles litigation for lending institutions and secondary market investors.