DENVER—A former Colorado Springs man accused of murdering his father in New Jersey in a plot to obtain insurance money has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Denver for an alleged mortgage fraud scheme.
The U.S. attorney’s office in Denver says 43-year-old William Silvi was indicted Tuesday for wire and mail fraud and money laundering in a scheme to defraud financial institutions and commercial lenders to obtain money and property. Authorities say the transactions involving 11 properties occurred between March 2005 and January 2008 when Silvi lived in Colorado Springs.
Silvi his and brother-in-law, Daniel Tunks, are charged with murder, conspiracy and weapons offenses in the 2008 death of Silvi’s father, William Marcucci, in Saddle Brook, N.J. Silvi is being held without bond.
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