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Date Published
August 05, 2013
News Type
Press Release
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United States Attorney's Office for the District of Connecticut

Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that GABRIEL SERRANO, 47, of West Hartford, waived his right to indictment and pleaded guilty today before United States Magistrate Judge Donna F. Martinez in Hartford to conspiracy charges stemming from his role in an extensive mortgage fraud scheme.  SERRANO, an attorney, is a partner in the law firm of Serrano & Serrano, LLC.

According to court documents and statements made in court, from approximately June 2005 to at least November 2008, SERRANO was involved in a mortgage fraud conspiracy that involved the use of straw borrowers, false mortgage applications, false HUD-1 forms, fraudulent down payments, and false verification forms for the purchase of numerous houses in Hartford, New Haven, and Middlesex counties.  SERRANO served as the closing attorney on at least two dozen fraudulent transactions.