Opinion ID: 52842
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: Myna

Text: The government claimed that Myna was involved in the sale of four properties, two of which were included in the indictment and two of which were not.
Myna, a mortgage broker for Ultima Real Estate Services, worked as the listing agent for a property at 6319 Fox Hunt Drive in Arlington, Texas. The original listing price for the property was $239,000. Sean told Myna that he could find a buyer for the Fox Hunt property if the seller, Ahn Nguyen (Ahn), would agree to have her house appraised at a higher value. Morka prepared an appraisal report stating that the property was worth $440,000. Myna told Ahn that the house would now be selling for that price. Countrywide provided the loan for the transaction and wired the money to American Title Company, which then paid off Ahn's prior mortgages and wired the remainder to Ahn's personal BankOne bank account. After the closing, on October 3, 2002, Myna called Ahn and told Ahn to meet her at the BankOne branch below Myna's office in Arlington, Texas. Myna, Sean, and several other people were waiting for Ahn when she arrived at BankOne. Ahn withdrew approximately $186,000 in cashier's checks from her account and distributed the checks to those involved in the scheme. She kept the remaining money, which represented her equity in the Fox Hunt property. According to the government, Myna expected to make between $10,000 and $30,000 from the deal in addition to her normal real estate commission.
Myna allegedly played a different role with respect to the fraudulent transaction involving 6727 Silvercrest Drive. In this instance, Myna let Sean use her personal bank account for the Silvercrest transaction in exchange for a fee. Sean had the seller of the house sign a document which authorized the title company to wire approximately $129,000 to Myna's bank account. After the closing for the sale of the Silvercrest property, an escrow officer for the title company duly wired the money into Myna's account. Myna gave Sean a cashier's check for the amount wired to her account, and Sean paid Myna between $5,000 and $10,000 in cash.
Myna was involved in the sale of two other properties that the government did not include in its indictment. Myna acted as the seller's agent for the sale of properties at 319 Tabor Drive and 2723 Rolling Hills Lane, a role similar to the one that she played in the sale of the Fox Hunt property. With the Tabor property, Myna contacted Sean and said that she wanted to do the same type of deal as before, referring to the Fox Hunt sale. Myna was responsible for convincing the seller, Thuy Cindy Thai (Cindy), to sell her house for the fraudulently inflated price of $325,000, instead of $160,000, as Cindy originally had planned. With the Rolling Hills property, Myna told the seller, Chinh Kieu Le (Chinh), that the price would be $230,000, but on paper it will be a different number. At the closing, Chinh, who read very little English, noticed that the sales price said $410,000, but Myna assured her that it would not matter, and Chinh signed the contract. Myna informed Chinh that some additional money would be deposited in her account and that the money would be used to purchase cashier's checks for other people.