Roderick Wesson, 42, Denver, Colorado was sentenced to 14 months in federal prison and ordered to pay $142,434 in restitution jointly with some of his co-defendants for conspiring to defraud the United States. He was alleged to be the ringleader of a Denver, Colorado based mortgage fraud scheme involving mortgage brokers, real estate agents and borrowers who falsified information in order to obtain government insured mortgages. According to Wesson's plea agreement, he and co-defendant Warren Williams, 46, Aurora, Colorado, and others falsified Social Security numbers, verifications of employment, credit reports and income documentation.

Twenty-seven people were indicted in February 2004 in connection with the scheme. Four pleaded guilty to felony conspiracy charges. Nineteen borrowers pleaded guilty to making misdemeanor false statements in transactions HUD and received probation and restitution orders. A jury convicted one borrower of felony charges of making false statements to the government. Charges against four of the defendants were dismissed. The names of all of those indicted in February 2004 follows:

Floyd Benjamin

Nina Marie Cameron

Linda Carnagie

Linda Edwards

Keith Griffin

Janice Fisher

Toni Fisher

Lynn Jones

Tracey Joyner

Curtis Lee

Lasonji Linnear

Lorene Livingston

Janice Marshall

Terie Mure

Toni Myles

Suzanne Nangah

Sallena Nichols

Michelle Palmer

Paulmiko Parker

Mariea Powell

Anthony Rice

Deneen Stone

Lewey Thomas

Vaughn Thomas

Ekan Udom

Roderick Wesson

Marshon Williams

Warren Williams