Two Former Employees of New Jersey Mortgage Lending Business Charged for Roles in Mortgage Fraud Scheme

April 24th, 2024

U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of New Jersey

NEWARK, N.J. – Two men have been charged in connection with their roles in a large-scale mortgage fraud scheme, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today.

Christopher J. Gallo, 44, of Old Tappan, New Jersey, and Mehmet A. Elmas, 32, a U.S. citizen who resides in Turkey, are charged by complaint with one count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud. They appeared today before U.S. Magistrate Judge André M. Espinosa in Newark federal court and were each released $200,000 unsecured bond…FULL ARTICLE