Title: FBI — Charlotte Attorney Victoria Sprouse Convicted by Federal Jury
Headings: Charlotte Attorney Victoria Sprouse Convicted by Federal Jury
Jury Convinced Regarding Attorney’s Role in Mortgage Fraud Schemes

Charlotte Attorney Victoria Sprouse Convicted by Federal Jury
Jury Convinced Regarding Attorney’s Role in Mortgage Fraud Schemes
Content: The jury found Sprouse guilty on 18 of 19 various criminal counts on which they deliberated. She was found not guilty as to one count of mail fraud. Sprouse’s five co—defendants earlier entered guilty pleas in U.S. District Court to various counts of fraud and conspiracy. Today’s announcement of the guilty verdict is made by Acting U.S. Attorney Edward R. Ryan of the Western District of North Carolina. Joining Ryan in making today’s announcement are Acting Special Agent in Charge of North Carolina FBI Operations, Kenneth L. Moore; Inspector In Charge of U.S. Postal Inspection Service, Keith Fixel; Special Agent in Charge of IRS—Criminal Investigations Division, Jeannine Hammett, and North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin. A federal indictment charging Victoria L. Sprouse, along with five other individuals was filed in March 2008 in U.S. District Court. To date all six of those defendants have been either convicted at trial or have entered pleas of guilty. The charges represent the results of a local investigation which stemmed from the detection of an original mortgage fraud scheme in September 2002, and focused on a group operating in and around the Charlotte area.