Middletown, CN – Following a twelve-month prison term for mortgage fraud, George Hajati, 41, of Cromwell, CT, did what any repentant ex-con would do while on supervised release. Buy a car dealership and switch to auto loan fraud.
Unfortunately for Hajati, he got caught again and U.S. District Judge Robert N. Chatigny, has recently sentenced Hajati to 27 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for operating an auto loan fraud scheme while he was on federal supervised release from a prior federal conviction, federal authorities said in a release.
Hajati also was ordered to serve the first six months of his supervised release in home confinement, and to perform 120 hours of community service, the release added.
According to court documents and statements made in court, Hajati owned and operated a used car dealership at 1075 Newfield St., Middletown, known as Car Nation, LLC, Car Nation CT, LLC, and Middletown Motorcars, the release said.
In connection with automobile loan applications for multiple borrowers, Hajati, and employees at his direction, submitted statements and documents to lenders that falsely represented the borrower’s salary, employment, sources of income, and the amount of a down payment, the release said. The false documents included fictitious or altered borrower pay stubs and income verification letters purportedly from the Social Security Administration.
Hajati falsely indicated that borrowers made salaries they did not make, worked at jobs they did not work, received income from the Social Security Administration they did not receive, and made down payments they did not make, the release said. In some instances, the borrower was not aware of, and did not consent to, Hajati using his or her personal identifying information to obtain automobile loans in these ways, the release said.
Between about April 2016 and July 2019, Hajati defrauded victim lenders of $654,952.56 through this scheme, the release said. Hajati is required to pay full restitution.
He was arrested on a federal criminal complaint July 2, 2019. On Dec. 20, he pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud.
Hajati was previously convicted of federal conspiracy and fraud offenses related to a Hartford-area mortgage fraud scheme that defrauded various lenders of more than $1 million, the release said.
According to Court records, on November 14, 2007, Federal Bureau of Investigation agents conducted a court-authorized search of Connecticut Partners Mortgage on Weston Street in Hartford. One week late, on November 21, 2007, Hajati fled the United States to Albania. In January 2008, Hajati met his co-conspirator, Williams in Australia. In May 2008, the co-defendants traveled to Albania, where Hajati lived until he was 17 years old, has relatives, and is fluent in the language.
On March 17, 2009, approximately one month after Hajati and Williams were indicted by a grand jury in Hartford, Hajati was arrested by Albanian authorities after he attempted to cross the border of Albania and Montenegro. He was extradited to the United States on July 24.
In August 2015, Hajati was sentenced in Hartford federal court to 12 months and one day of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release. He was released from federal prison in August 2016, and was on supervised release at the time of the auto loan fraud, the release said.
Hajati who is released on a $560,000 bond, is required to report to prison on September 25, 2020. Let’s see what country they find him in this time.
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