Thomas Joseph O’Meara, III, 65, Palm Desert, California, a former Carmel, Calif., real estate developer pleaded guilty to wire fraud and money laundering arising out of his golf course investment fraud scheme in which he defrauded more than 50 victims.
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Statewide Financial Group, Inc., which did business as US Homeowners Assistance and Webeatallrates.com, Orange County, California, who ran a national loan modification scam, were ordered to pay more than $4 million in penalties and restitution, including $2 million to consumers who were falsely promised modifications of their mortgage loans.
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Shawn Anthony Swor, 43, Missoula, Montana, appeared for sentencing on July 23, 2012, before U.S. District Judge Donald W. Molloy in connection with his guilty plea to real estate investment fraud.
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Nadin Samnang, 29, Ashburn, Va., was sentenced to 84 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release, for orchestrating a mortgage fraud scheme that involved more than 25 homes in northern Virginia and over $7 million in losses to lenders.
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Willard T. Scott, 33, Nacogdoches, Texas, has pleaded guilty to federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas for making false entries in bank records.
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Ali Khalil, 32, Amanullah Khalil, 39, and Wahidullah Khalil, 27, all of Elk Grove, California, pleaded guilty to charges arising out of a mortgage fraud scheme.
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Sandy P. Kim, 43, Ellicott City, Maryland, pleaded guilty to wire fraud in connection with her role as a title agent. Kim addmitted the she stole closing funds for her personal use.
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Eleven individuals from five states are charged in New Jersey for their alleged roles in a $15 million mortgage fraud scam that used phony documents and straw buyers to make illegal profits on overbuilt condos, including a defendant who attempted to murder a witness to the scheme.
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Californians have been receiving mailings from private companies outside the state offering to obtain a copy of grant deeds or property title records for a high fee.
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Mitchell Cohen, 54, Old Westbury, New York and Erin Davis, 43, Yonkers, New York, the owner and a sales manager, respectively, of Buy-A-Home, a real estate brokerage business, have been indicted for participating in a $7.5 million mortgage fraud scheme.
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