Send Judge Dismisses Wire, Mail Fraud Case in Home Deal

Posted: 4:43 AM May 15, 2012
Reporter: Associated Press

A wire and mail fraud case involving the 2006 sale of a Lincoln home that left a jury deadlocked in March has been dismissed.

Douglas George of Liberty, Mo., who built homes under the name Main Street Homes, and Jason Svoboda of Columbus, who worked as a loan broker, each faced nine felony counts.

At trial in March, the government said George, with Svoboda's help, inflated the price of a home to $221,900 after it had been listed for months at $204,500.

They had the buyer sign a promissory note for the difference, telling him it was a loan he'd never have to pay back.

George and Svoboda said there was no such agreement. The jury deadlocked.

Nebraska U.S. Attorney Deborah Gilg later filed a motion to dismiss the case and it was granted in April.

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