Irving Fryar Convicted in Mortgage Scam: Latest Details, Comments, Reaction

August 7, 2015   ·   Alec Nathan   ·   Jump to comments

Following a three-week trial, former NFL wide receiver Irving Fryar and his mother, Allene McGhee, were found guilty Friday for the part they played in a mortgage scam, according to the Associated Press (via ABCNews.com). 
The Philadelphia Inquirer's Jan Hefler reported Fryar and his mother used the mortgage scheme to strip seven banks of $1.2 million in 2009. 
"Authorities said Fryar and McGhee provided false wage information on her loan applications and claimed she earned thousands of dollars a month as an event coordinator for Fryar's church," the Associated Press wrote. "Authorities said the pair made just a few payments on four of the loans and banks eventually wrote the loans off as losses."
Fryar and McGhee now face up to 10 years in prison—which would be a maximum sentence—after the duo declined to accept plea deals of five and three years, respectively, according to the Associated Press. 
While Fryar was convic...

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