Court records show that September 4, 2009 Kelli A. Norwood was charged in an Information and entered a guilty plea in relation to her involvement in a North Carolina mortgage fraud case. She was involved in the onging mortgage fraud investigations by the FBI in NC which involve five “mortgage fraud cells”.

Norwood has admitted that whilst working as a paralegal on real estate closings for Mortgage Fraud Cell No. 2, Mortgage Fraud Cell No. 3 and Mortgage Fraud Cell No.4, she knowingly prepared false HUD-1 Settlement Statements. In particular the Information states that:

• She prepared a HUD-1 for the purported sale of 606 Beahaven Lane, Waxhaw, NC for $995,000
• She falsely reflected on the HUD-1 a $166,445.34 charge for “services rendered” by “Real Estate Agent #1” when no such services were rendered
• Splitting the $166,445.34 by giving $15,000 to Real Estate Agent #1 and the remainder to Mortgage Fraud Cell No. 3.

The guilty plea is not available on PACER (locked) but the docket shows that on 9/16/2009 there was a waiver of indictment and an acceptance of the plea.