San Jose, California: Former beauty queen Saman Hasnain (she was Mrs. Pakistan World in 2008), has been charged with 18 felony counts of conspiracy to commit grand theft. With her husband, she allegedly placed fliers and ads in ethnic grocers promising cheaper rates for home mortgages. As many as 80-100 people signed up for lower rate mortgages, placing deposits in an escrow account. When the loans failed to materialize, the victims found that the fine print on their contracts allowed …
