Va. woman wanted for fraud arrested in Turkey

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The Associated Press
© October 15, 2009

ASHBURN

The Loudoun County Sheriff's Office said an Ashburn woman indicted in connection with mortgage fraud has been arrested in Turkey.

Authorities said Diane Frederick Atari was apprehended Wednesday after local officials contacted Interpol for assistance. She is in a Turkish prison awaiting extradition.

Atari, 42, is charged with inflating the income of clients and fraudulently fixing their credit so they could buy homes they couldn't afford.

The loss on the fraudulent mortgages is estimated at $50 million, and the sheriff's office said she made more than $1 million in the scheme.

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