TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) _ A former vice president of Heritage Bank in
Topeka has been charged with bank fraud for allegedly falsifying
loan applications from otherwise unqualified buyers who were
purchasing real estate from her as the seller.

A criminal information filed Friday in U.S. District Court
charges Jennifer Hughes-Boyles with bank fraud and seeks forfeiture
of property and money connected with the crime.

Prosecutors alleged the 40-year-old Topeka woman falsified tax
return information, credit scores and other information to qualify
buyers who were purchasing real estate property from her. The fraud
caused the bank to fund about $2.8 million in loans. The charges
allege her profit from the sales of real estate was more than
$500,000.

Her defense attorney, Ben Swinnen, declined to comment on the
case.