Woman upends $1.1M in liens her ex put on house through fraud 
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Published: April 20, 2010
Tags: Domestic Relations, Judge Craig D. Johnston, Prince William Circuit Court
A Northern Virginia judge has given a woman ownership of her house, free of any of the $1.1 million in liens fraudulently racked up by her ex-husband before he disappeared.
In the case, there was no question who the bad guy was. But Daniel S. Wilkes was not around to hear testimony about how he had ...
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