A 58-year-old woman suspected of recording a series of mechanics liens on properties in Los Angeles, Beverly Hills and Riverside County, some as high as $24.6 million, pleaded not guilty Monday to more than two dozen felony charges.
Rita Ortiz was arrested Thursday following an investigation by the Los Angeles Police Department’s Commercial Crimes Division Real Estate Fraud Unit into a series of recorded mechanic liens reported to be fraudulent.
She was charged the following day with 25 counts of procuring and offering a false or forged instrument, according to the District Attorney’s Office. The charges included a special allegation of aggravated white collar crime causing a loss of more than $500,000…