Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Woman Indicted For Appraising Homes Without License
Dorie DiMarca, Andover, Massachusetts, was charged with two counts of wire fraud concerning real estate appraisal services DiMarca had performed. DiMarca was arraigned on the charges on Monday, December 8, 2008, and entered pleas of not guilty to the charges. She was released on bail pending the January 21, 2009 trial date.
The indictment returned by the grand jury charges that DiMarca provided appraisal services to two mortgage brokerage companies located in New Hampshire - New England Regional Mortgage and First Call Mortgage. The indictment alleges that DiMarca represented herself as a licensed appraiser when she was not licensed and had no authority to provide real estate appraisals. The indictment list at least 22 properties for which DiMarca provided a purportedly legitimate appraisal. DiMarca e-mailed the appraisals from Massachusetts to the offices in New Hampshire.
The properties referenced in the complaint are:
17 Simpson Road, Pelham, New Hampshire;
320 Laxson Avenue, Manchester, New Hampshire;
14 Hemlock Street, Hillsborough, New Hampshire;
10 Danbury Circle, Amherst, New Hampshire;
13 Kendall Street, Rochester, New Hampshire;
74 Glen Street, Farmington, New Hampshire;
35 Clothespin Bridge Road, Webster, New Hampshire;
4 Mary Jo Lane, Derry, New Hampshire;
47A Nottingham Road, Deerfield, New Hampshire;
19 Nichol Lane, Nashua, New Hampshire;
12 River Road, Antrim, New Hampshire;
7 Strawberry Hill Road, Derry, New Hampshire;
15 Hillindale Drive, Hudson, New Hampshire;
75 Salmon Falls Road, Somersworth, New Hampshire;
48 Temple Road, Greenville, New Hampshire;
27 Ranger Road, Hollis, New Hampshire;
203 Walnut Avenue, Manchester, New Hampshire;
220 Broad Sound Avenue, Revere, Massachusetts;
17 Dodge Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts;
39 Tamar Road, Goffstown, New Hampshire;
875 Foster Road, Ashby, Massachusetts;
34 Orchard Path Road, Weare, New Hampshire; and
191 Trolley Street, Manchester, New Hampshire.
A trial of the case is scheduled for January 21, 2009. The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Office of Inspector General for the Department of Housing and Urban Development conducted the investigation.
United States Attorney Colantuono reminds the public that an indictment merely alleges that a crime has been committed and that all defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
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If anyone thinks this woman did this alone they are crazy… the 2 Loan officers involved (from 2 different companies) live together.. coincedence I think not.....
Posted by on 12/18 at 07:31 AM
Unlicensed appraisers working for licensed appraisers do this all the time. Big deal. The entire appraisal profession has been “hijacked” by these types and no one gives a damm. Especially the lenders who were just “bailed out”, Congress who has its “head up and locked”, state license boards who are understaffed and overwhelmed by the volume of this. Who is the ultimate victim, the public trust and ethical appraisers who are a dying breed.
Posted by on 12/24 at 07:43 AM
how do we know the loan officers lived together.
Posted by on 12/26 at 05:43 AM
All of the investors I have ever worked with require a copy of the appraisers license and the appraisal must have their license number also. How could this have happened without the underwriters knowledge? There is more to this story.
Posted by on 01/13 at 07:23 AM
Real simple Dorthy. The perp steals and/or forges a license and the lender is to stupid to check it out. License theft and forgery is a common practice.
Posted by on 01/13 at 08:35 AM
I use to be an Appriser in N.H. This is music to my ears. I know some of the players. I’m in AZ now & they probablly do nothing to her BUT!! N.H. I think they’ll be some hard tiome coming
Posted by on 01/27 at 04:44 PM
to my knowledge there were 38+ appraisals done. 38 times lenders didnt check licenses, wrote checks in the fraudsters name, where is the dept of banking in all this. no fines, no investigating, no cases of negligence on lenders part? bs.
Posted by on 02/18 at 04:13 PM
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