Scott S. Schuhriemen, 38, Sarasota, Florida, pleaded guilty to conspiring to make false statements to Branch Banking and Trust, an FDIC insured financial institution.
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Simon Saeid Koli was sentenced in federal court to serve 30 months in custody, followed by three years’ supervised release, for his role in a conspiracy to commit mail fraud, wire fraud, and money laundering in connection with a mortgage fraud scheme involving four expensive homes.
Douglas E. Brandewie, Port Huron, Michigan, a bank president, will pay $185,000 and was permanently barred from the banking industry as a result of his felony conviction for making false statements to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).
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Joann Smith, and her boyfriend, Wayne Betha, Ewing, New Jersey, who ran a real estate firm, were sentenced for stealing from home sellers by diverting proceeds from home sales, and also defrauding mortgage companies by falsifying the earnings of loan applicants.
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Frederick “Freddie” Grippo, 32, Old Bridge, N.J., admitted his part in a phony foreclosure rescue scheme that was part of a $4.4 million mortgage fraud.
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Michael G. Bouchard, 49, Albany, New York, was convicted by a jury on four felony counts resulting from Bouchard’s role in a series of mortgage frauds in the Northern District of New York.
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LaShawn K. Ford, 40, Chicago, Illinois, an Illinois State Representative who also invested in real estate in Chicago, was indicted on federal bank fraud and related charges for allegedly fraudulently obtaining a line of credit from the failed ShoreBank and obtaining multiple advances by making false statements about his intended use of the funds.
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Michele Marie Mitchell, 45, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge James A. Teilborg to a term of 30 months in federal prison, restitution of $110,490 and three years of supervised release.
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Alexander Sivels, II, 28, Baltimore, Maryland, pleaded guilty to wire fraud involving the fraudulent purchase of at least nine properties in Baltimore using fraudulent loan documentation and settlement documents, resulting in actual or attempted losses of more than $1 million.
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Kaveh Vahedi, 51, Glendale, California, has agreed to plead guilty to federal fraud charges admitting that he ran three separate scams, including a mortgage fraud scam and a Ponzi scheme that defrauded 30 families out of more than $8 million.
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