Two Metro Denver Men Indicted for Mortgage Fraud

DENVER—Shawn R. Tieskotter, age 36, of Greenwood Village, Colorado, and Craig D. Patterson, age 30, of Littleton, Colorado, were indicted by a federal grand jury in Denver on March 10, 2010, on charges of money laundering, wire and mail fraud. Patterson was arrested by federal agents without incident. He appeared in U.S. District Court in Denver on March 12, 2010, for an initial appearance where he was advised of the charges pending against him. He was arraigned today, March 17, 2010. Shawn Tieskotter received a summons to appear in U.S. District Court in Denver on March 25, 2010, where he will be advised of the charges pending against him.