Four top executives of a Grapevine-based residential development lender United Development Funding return to federal court in Fort Worth today after being convicted Friday on 10 counts, including securities fraud, wire fraud affecting a financial institution and conspiracy to commit securities fraud.

Hollis Greenlaw, co-founder, CEO and chairman of UDF’s board of trustees, was found guilty on the white-collar charges, as were Cara Delin Obert, UDF chief financial officer; Jeffrey Brandon Jester, UDF director of asset management; and Benjamin Lee Wissink, UDF partnership president and committee member.

The verdict was a clean sweep for federal prosecutors after five days of trial testimony and over 12 hours of deliberation.

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