Criminal Appeal From Convicted FHA Loan Officer Shot Down Again

A former Federal Housing Administration loan officer convicted of false statements to obtain a mortgage won’t get a chance for a new trial.

The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmed Jason Trador’s conviction on five counts of knowingly making false statements and willfully overvaluing property, disregarding his appeal challenging the sufficiency of evidence. The panel said the evidence shows he provided false bank statements in an FHA loan application.

• Trador, who was a mortgage loan officer, bought a home for himself in 2018 despite having a delinquent federal tax debt for 2016. The government says he filed ...