Gilbert Chung, Burlingame, California, a real estate investor, has agreed to plead guilty for his role in conspiracies to rig bids and commit mail fraud at public real estate foreclosure auctions in Northern California.
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Lewis Whoolery, 44, Delray Beach, Florida, formerly of Port Vue, Pennsylvania, was found guilty by a federal jury of wire fraud conspiracy for his role in a mortgage fraud scheme involving fraudulent appraisals.
Chad Arthur Anderson, 39, Chisago City, Minnesota, and Troy Allen Huston, 43, Chisago City, both mortgage loan officers, were sentenced for recruiting straw buyers to purchase properties at inflated prices and then distributing the excess loan funds among themselves, the straw buyers, and others involved in the scheme.
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Kenneth H. DiPasquale, 37, Morgantown, West Virginia, pleaded guilty in connection with his role in fraudulent mortgage loan transactions, including the sale of his own home to a buyer whose identity he had stolen and to whom he “sold” the property for a nearly $320,000 profit.
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Lee E. Baker, Jr., 57, Anchorage, Alaska, was sentenced by Chief U.S. District Court Judge Ralph R. Beistline, to 36 months in prison for making false statements to a credit union.
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Shawn L. Portmann, a former senior vice president and loan officer at Pierce Commercial Bank, was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Tacoma to 10 years in prison and five years of supervised release for a mortgage fraud scheme that resulted in the collapse of the bank.
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Safiyyah Tahir Battles, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, formerly a real estate agent with T&T Realty, has been sentenced to 30 months in prison for mortgage fraud and money laundering.
Steven J. Mascarenas, 53, Westminster, Colorado, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Robert E. Blackburn to serve 72 months in federal prison for wire fraud, making a false statement to a pretrial services officer, and escape.
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Filippos “Filip” Milios, 54, Newington, Connecticut, was arrested on a federal criminal complaint charging him with bank fraud stemming from his alleged involvement in an extensive mortgage fraud scheme in the greater Hartford, Connecticut area.
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Fredric M. Diantonio, 40, Wildwood, New Jersey; Louis V. Catarro, 60, Runnemede, New Jersey; Kathryn W. Lockwood, 43, Wildwood Crest, New Jersey; and Thomas E. Morello, 55, Mt. Laurel, New Jersey, were taken into custody for their alleged roles in a $15 million mortgage fraud scheme.
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