A team of federal agents arrested seven local residents Thursday in what one Maryland official called the worst mortgage fraud scam in the state’s history.

Prosecutors claim that eight people, one of whom is still at large, bilked at least 100 homeowners out of about $10 million after promising to prevent foreclosure on their homes.

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