INDEPENDENCE, Mo. — A real estate developer and a minister have been ordered to pay more than $122,000 in restitution in connection to a home flipping venture that targeted low-income Jackson County residents.
A civil lawsuit was filed by the Missouri attorney general’s office on behalf of 50 homeowners who said they were victims of a program that promised to restore distressed inner-city residences. The program was aimed at people with poor credit histories who had little money and were often on the verge of being homeless.