BANGOR – A Windsor man has pleaded guilty to charges of creating a financial loan scheme.

Gregory Violette, 45, is charged with 20 counts of fraud, money laundering and making false statements, according to court documents.

Violette used false names and Social Security numbers to obtain loans from more than 20 Maine banks over nine years, then claimed to have a disability so his insurance company would repay the loans, said U.S.

Attorney Paula Silsby.

He pleaded guilty to the charges Thursday in U.S. District Court in Bangor.