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KCUR Evening Newscast 9-16-08

KCUR
Published September 23, 2008 at 7:19 AM CDT

By Elana Gordon

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/kcur/local-kcur-764021.mp3

Kansas City, MO –

  • A U.S. Judge has sentenced the leader of a high profile mortage fraud scheme to 13 years in federal prison. Raymond Zwego led a real estate investment company that bought about sixty area homes and obtained nearly twenty million dollars in mortgages by using falsified documents and straw buyers.

  • Barely two weeks remain before covers are closed on Missouri voting rolls. But registration is running high.

  • Missouri's Student Loan Agency (MOHELA) has yet again fallen behind on its payments to the state, citing financial strains.

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