Celia Gallardo, 42, North Hills, California, a real estate agent and self-described real estate investor, has agreed to plead guilty to running a multi-million-dollar Ponzi scheme out of companies based in the Santa Clarita Valley, California.
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Paul Wagner, 56, Las Vegas, Nevada, was convicted, following a 12-day trial, of conspiracy and fraud charges for selling houses at inflated prices in order to fraudulently obtain mortgage loans and to defraud federally insured banks and lenders of more than $8 million.
Steven R. Hinz pleaded guilty to tax fraud and mortgage fraud charges in a Cleveland, Ohio, federal court.
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Eric Finger, 47, Mineola, New York, a real estate attorney, was sentenced in Manhattan federal court for his role in a $9 million mortgage fraud scheme.
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Mark Hotton, Long Island, New York, has been charged with defrauding others by fabricating the prospect of $4.5 million in financing commitments and the possibility of a $1.1 million loan.
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Anthony Pierre Williams, 45, Tennessee, pleaded guilty to mortgage fraud charges in California.
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Deborah Atherton, 55, Black River Falls, Wisconsin, was sentenced by Chief U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to four years and two months in federal prison for her role in a loan fraud scheme and a separate bribery scheme involving contracts awarded by the Ho-Chunk Nation.
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Kessler Holzendorf, 43, Jacksonville, Florida, was found guilty of conspiracy, multiple counts of mail fraud, and multiple counts of wire fraud, in connection with his involvement in a large-scale mortgage fraud scheme.
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Stephen Kenneth Chrysler, Orange County, California, an attorney, was sentenced to serve 37 months in prison for his role in an $8 million mortgage fraud scheme involving 16 homes. His mother, Aida Agusti Castro, Carlsbad, California, a real estate broker, was also sentenced for her role in the scheme, received a 33-month prison sentence.
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Three separate suits have been filed in federal court to halt the allegedly deceptive tactics of three operations that preyed on distressed homeowners by falsely claiming they could save their homes from foreclosure, and then charging them thousands of dollars up-front, while delivering little or no help and often driving them deeper into debt.
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