Former D.C. tax office workers plead guilty in loan fraud

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D.C.’s largest ever public corruption scandal has claimed two more casualties as a pair of former tax office employees admitted to lying on federal loan applications to buy houses for themselves.

Sheila Jones and Temika Gustus each doctored federal housing documents to help themselves to homes, the pair has admitted in court. Gustus is the daughter of Diane Gustus, another former tax office employee and alleged henchman in the $50 million swindle that has scalded the District government and embarrassed finance chief Natwar Gandhi.

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