Che Brown (Via Twitter)Six months after former D.C. Council Chairman Kwame Brown pleaded guilty to charges of bank fraud, federal prosecutors filed similar accusations against his brother.
Che M. Brown was charged with a single count of bank fraud in U.S. District Court today, stemming from allegations that defrauded a mortgage company by $35,000. According to the charging document filed today by the office of U.S. Attorney Ron Machen, Brown overstated his income by that amount on a 2010 application with the mortgage division of the lending giant GMAC.
Brown’s attorney, A. Scott Bolden, told The Washington Post that his client will plead guilty to the charge. Bolden also said that Brown applied for the mortgage when the value of his home was plummeting.
When Kwame Brown pleaded guilty to his personal bank fraud charge, he also entered a guilty plea to a misdemeanor campaign fraud charge. The former chairman’s 2006 campaign for an at-large Council seat has long been under investigation, including into the activities of Che Brown, who served as one of his brother’s top operatives.
Che Brown’s case has been referred to Judge Amy Berman Jackson. No hearing date has been set yet.
When Kwame Brown pleaded guilty to the bank fraud charge, he faced a maximum sentence of 30 years in prison, though he ultimately received a few hours of jail time and 480 hours of community service.
