Article: Appraiser pleads guilty, agrees to aid prosecutors; Donald G. Pelton's willingness to cooperate could provide valuable data about a major Twin Cities real-estate flipping ring.(NEWS)

1/3 An appraiser accused of being a key player in dozens of fraudulent real-estate deals has pleaded guilty to a federal fraud conspiracy charge and agreed to cooperate with federal investigators.

Donald G. Pelton of St. Paul entered his plea Tuesday before U.S. District Judge David Doty in Minneapolis. In the Twin Cities area, Pelton is the first major figure in the real-estate scam known as flipping to be charged and to plead guilty.

Pelton's agreement to cooperate could provide valuable information to prosecutors about what, according to court documents, was a major flipping ring that operated for several years. Flipping involves the purchase and ...

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