After being convicted of mortgage fraud, Annette Trujillo argued that she should be acquitted because there was a lack of evidence. An appeals court relied on changes Trujillo made to a HUD-1 Settlement Statement and her failure to collect cash-to-close payments in order to find that the trial court did not err in denying her motion for acquittal.
Trujillo was convicted of bank and wire fraud in connection with two real estate closings she conducted in 2007 and was sentenced to 65 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release.
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