Brent Edward Lovett, 50, Henderson, Nevada, who made false statements to a federally insured credit union to obtain a $7.5 million real estate loan, was sentenced by Senior U.S. District Judge Roger L. Hunt to 98 months in prison, five years of supervised release and ordered to pay restitution to the credit union.
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Jerry Kerley, 60, Kodak, Tennessee, was sentenced to serve four years in prison for his May 2012 federal convictions for wire fraud, bank fraud, and money laundering, all arising from a mortgage fraud scheme.
Anthony J. Vargas, 42, Modesto, California, pleaded guilty to knowingly falsifying material facts in a loan application.
Ronnie Edward Duke, 45, Fenton, Michigan, was sentenced to 13 years in prison in connection with a multi-million-dollar mortgage fraud conspiracy. On June 3, 2013, he was scheduled to self-surrender and begin serving his sentence. Duke failed to appear.
Michael D. Robinson, 36, Kansas City, Missouri, was sentenced to a year and a day in federal prison. Robinson pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud. In his plea, he admitted he conspired with others to provide false information to mortgage lenders.
Rain Joakim-Anwa Davis, aka Jeri Lynn Hardin, 50, Sugar Land, Texas, has been handed a 33-month federal sentence following her conviction on two counts of wire fraud. Davis pleaded guilty January 22, 2013.
J. Patrick Brester, 41, Sarasota, Florida, was found guilty of one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud affecting a financial institution and three counts of wire fraud affecting a financial institution.
Steven Bartlett, 42, Chicago, Illinois, Robert Lattas, 36, Oak Brook, Illinois, Nicholas Burge, 34, Bloomington, Illinois, and Anthony Campanale, 58, Oak Park, Illinois, have been indicted in two separate mortgage fraud cases.
Jose Dominguez, 46, Newark, New Jersey, a former bank officer, admitted his role in soliciting and accepting bribes in connection with financial transactions.
Nicole Rosie Gallegos, 36, Irvine, California, was suspended from the practice of law for two years, stayed, and placed on two years of probation with an actual nine-month suspension that will continue until she pays restitution.