A man accused of murdering his father in New Jersey has been indicted in Denver on multiple charges related to a mortgage-fraud scheme, the U.S. attorney’s office in Denver said Tuesday. William M. Silvi, 43, was indicted on counts of wire fraud, mail fraud and money laundering.
The U.S. attorney’s office in Denver said Silvi is in custody in New Jersey awaiting a murder trial but was living in Colorado at the time of the alleged mortgage-fraud scheme.
Silvi and his brother-in-law, Daniel Tunks, both of Colorado Springs, are accused of conspiring to kill Silvi’s father, William Marcucci, in Saddle Brook, N.J., in May 2008. The men are charged with murder, conspiracy to commit murder, unlawful possession of a weapon and possession of a weapon for unlawful purposes in connection with the Marcucci homicide.
In the mortgage-fraud indictment, it is alleged that Silvi devised a scheme to defraud various financial institutions and commercial lenders to obtain money and property. Eleven Colorado properties were involved, and some were bought and sold multiple times, according to the U.S. attorney’s office.
