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Daily Real Estate News | June 25, 2008 | Mortgage Pro Gets Jail for Stripping Home
A Western Pennsylvania mortgage broker who gutted his $1.2 million foreclosed home before it was to be sold at sheriff’s sale has been convicted of theft and defrauding creditors, sentenced to three to 15 months in jail, and ordered to pay $174,000 to the mortgage company.

Scott McCuskey, of Sharpsville, Pa. stripped lights, window cranks, baseboards, ceiling and window trim, cabinets, countertops, vent covers, closet shelving, doors, tub and shower fixtures, toilets, sinks, vanities, shower doors, carpeting, locks and handles for outside doors, a Jacuzzi, benches, garage doors, side doors, garage windows, and outside wall fixtures. McCuskey told the judge he didn’t know he couldn’t take these items.

Mercer County Judge Thomas Dobson scoffed at the argument, noting that McCuskey worked as a mortgage broker.

The appraised value of the million-dollar home after being stripped was put at $180,000.

Source: The Sharon Herald, Matt Snyder (06/25/08)