Mari Matilde Leony Rodriguez-Triana, 44, and Raisa Diaz, 34, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit racketeering.

Six South Florida residents have pleaded guilty in connection with a mortgage fraud scheme that defrauded several financial institutions out of more than $17 million.They were among 15 arrested last month after a 10-month investigation.
The defendants faced charges of racketeering, conspiracy to commit racketeering, mortgage fraud, grand theft, identity theft and money laundering.
Authorities believe the scheme involved the use of two separate title companies in Miami-Dade County and worked this way:The title agents would prepare fraudulent HUD-1 statements on behalf of the other co-conspirators, which then would be provided to the lender. (A HUD-1 settlement statement is a document that informs the lender how disbursements will be made after a loan is funded.)
Many of the HUD-1 statements involved in this case contained fraudulently inflated sales contract prices. For example, a seller might believe his or her property sold for $1.6 million, but a fraudulent HUD-1 statement might reflect the contract sales price for the property as $2.25 million.
The lender would fund the loan believing the property sold for the inflated sales price. The title agent, acting on behalf of the other co-conspirators, would then transfer the fraudulently obtained profits into a bank account of either a third party or a shell company controlled by one of the co-conspirators.
Monica Fergusson, 37, and Diana Diaz, 40, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit racketeering. They face up to five years in prison and must pay $20,000 to the task force, as well as costs of prosecution and investigation.
Mari Matilde Leony Rodriguez-Triana, 44, and Raisa Diaz, 34, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit racketeering. They face up to three years in prison and must pay $10,000 to the task force, as well as costs of prosecution and investigation.
Marlene Norono, 47, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit racketeering. She faces up to three years in prison and must pay $15,000 to the task force, as well as costs of prosecution and investigationMario Lubian, 47, pleaded guilty to mortgage fraud and was sentenced to one year of community control, to be followed by four years of probation, including 90 days of county jail. He must also pay $10,000 to the task force, as well as costs of investigation and prosecution.