Archives For Allison Tussey

Joel Blanford, 44, San Ramon, California, was convicted by a federal jury on six counts of mail fraud.

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Shawn L. Portmann, 40, a former senior vice president and loan officer at Pierce Commercial Bank, pleaded guilty to a mortgage fraud scheme that resulted in the collapse of the bank, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to make false statements in loan applications and to make false statements to the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

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Kesha Danine Fortune Haynie, 41, Chico, California, was sentenced to three years and 10 months in prison for two counts of mail fraud in connection with a mortgage fraud scheme.

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Tashia Winstanley, 38, Holly, Michigan, who ran a fraudulent foreclosure-rescue operation that scammed at least 60 victims across the state out of more than $250,000, has been sentenced for her crimes.

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Kenneth Koehler, 42, Baltimore, Maryland, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud in connection with a mortgage fraud scheme in which fraudulent loans were obtained on six properties, all of which subsequently went into foreclosure.

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Michael Sweigart, the last suspect in a multi-state real estate telemarketing ring, is now in custody.

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James Pilon, 68, and Verna Pilon, 59, Joliet, Illinois, have been sentenced to federal prison terms for engaging in a brazen investment fraud scheme that swindled more than $1 million from approximately 40 victims, causing some of them to lose their homes and financial security while the couple spent the money primarily on themselves.

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10 defendants who worked at a Rancho Cucamonga, California-based business that allegedly offered bogus loan modification programs to financially distressed homeowners have been arrested by Federal agents. Those taken into custody were among 11 defendants named in a federal indictment.

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Gregory Lashon Thomas, 41, Desoto, Texas, was convicted by a federal jury following a week-long trial before Chief U.S. District Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater on various offenses related to a multimillion dollar mortgage fraud scheme he ran in the Dallas, Texas area.

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Robert Victor Rosenwasser, North Miami, Florida, has been suspended from the practice of law for 90 days due to his involvement in a loan modification business.

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