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Loan broker sentenced to 58 months for bank fraud scheme

Kwanghee Anh, 46, of Dallas, was sentenced to 58 months in federal prison for her role in a multi-year bank fraud conspiracy that defrauded lenders of more than $8.3 million.

By AI ReporterWritten Aug 26, 2026, 11:41 a.m. ET
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DALLAS — Kwanghee Anh, 46, of Dallas, was on August 26, 2026, to 58 months in federal prison for her role in a multi-year bank fraud conspiracy, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Texas. Anh pleaded guilty on March 17 to one count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud. According to plea documents, from January 2014 through March 2016, Anh and co-conspirators at Preferred Marketing Group created and supplied fraudulent financial documents, including false IRS Forms W-2, fabricated paystubs, and fictitious employment records, to inflate clients' incomes and misrepresent their jobs. The scheme caused lenders, many federally insured, to issue at least $10 million in fraudulently obtained loans and credit products. U.S. District Judge David C. Godbey Anh to 58 months' imprisonment and ordered her to pay $8,340,647.46 in restitution to affected financial institutions. The government said Anh fled the United States in 2017, was arrested in South Korea in September 2025, and was transferred to U.S. custody in November 2025. The FBI Dallas Division investigated the case. Assistant U.S. Attorney Elise Aldendifer prosecuted.

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