Women arrested for impersonation and mortgage fraud

Sabah Kennawi, 50, East Hartford, Connecticut, was arrested and charged with criminal impersonation in connection with a mortgage modification scheme. According to the arrest warrant affidavit, Kennawi falsely represented herself as an employee of a mortgage lending company as part of an agreement to assist a homeowner seeking modification of the mortgage on her home. Kennawi also falsely represented herself as a representative of the same mortgage lending company to a court employee in an attempt to enter the homeowner into a mediation program for homeowners facing foreclosure, the warrant alleges. Kennawi was released on a $25,000 non-surety bond and will be arraigned in Hartford Superior Court, G.A. No. 14, on September 12, 2013.