Valentin purchases a property and shortly thereafter sells the real estate at an inflated price...

Valentin’s scheme is best described as property flipping. Property flipping becomes fraudulent when real estate is quickly resold at an artificially inflated price supported by false or misleading appraisals, sham transactions, or misrepresentations. The key facts are the quick resale and inflated value created through a fraudulent appraisal. A daisy chain generally involves a sequence of related transactions or parties used to inflate value or conceal the nature of the transaction, but the question asks for the best description of the basic scheme. A fraudulent sale is too general, and an air loan involves a fictitious borrower, fictitious property, or nonexistent transaction. The ACFE material discusses fraudulent appraisals, real estate fraud, and property flipping as financial institution fraud risks.

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