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CAMDEN, NJ—A mother and daughter from New Jersey and a Las Vegas woman pleaded guilty mid-trial today to participating in a mortgage fraud scheme that caused mortgage lenders to release more than $1.9 million in mortgage loans obtained by fraud, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. Patricia Smith, 57, of Irvington, N.J., pleaded guilty to counts four and five of the superseding indictment, which charged her with wire fraud. Smith’s daughter, Jamilah Smith, 30, of Irvington, N.J., pleaded .... [More]