A 41-year-old Kershaw County woman pleaded guilty in federal court in Columbia on Tuesday to falsifying mortgage loan applications to mislead lenders.
Christie J. McGougan of Bethune could receive up to five years in jail and a fine of $250,000. She will be sentenced May 25, according to Kevin McDonald, acting U.S. Attorney for South Carolina.
FBI evidenced showed McGougan sold homes in the Lugoff-Camden area to unqualified buyers. She then got the buyers' loans approved by falsifying applications to various banks.
