{"id":276771,"date":"2026-04-20T12:59:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T12:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/276771\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T12:59:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T12:59:08","slug":"oakland-county-woman-pleads-no-contest-in-real-estate-fraud-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/276771\/","title":{"rendered":"Oakland County woman pleads no contest in real estate fraud scheme"},"content":{"rendered":"

PONTIAC, Mich. \u2013 An Oakland County woman accused of scamming home buyers in a real estate fraud scheme has pleaded no contest to multiple charges.<\/p>\n

Amanda Escalante-Lopez<\/a>, 28, from Pontiac, allegedly made verbal agreements with prospective home buyers for land contracts and title to homes in Pontiac that she did not own.<\/p>\n

The victims gave her money, and she, in return, was to give the property to them. However, victims reported they did not receive keys, access or titles to the homes after putting down payments on the homes as agreed upon.<\/p>\n

Escalante-Lopez was charged in October with three counts of false pretenses $20,000-$50,000, three counts of false pretenses $1,000-$20,000, one count of larceny by conversion $20,000 or more and three counts of larceny by conversion $1,000-$20,000.<\/p>\n

According to court documents, Escalante-Lopez pleaded no contest to nine charges on April 16. She is scheduled to be sentenced on June 11 at 8:30 a.m.<\/p>\n

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