Deborah Kitay, 53, Leetsdale, Pennsylvania, was sentenced by United States District Judge Joy Flowers Conti to 18 months in prison for her participation in a mortgage fraud conspiracy involving loan application misrepresentations and appraisal fraud.
Continue Reading...Archives For Allison Tussey
To date in 2011, more than a dozen people have been charged federally with mortgage fraud and related crimes in the District of Minnesota.
Continue Reading...
Robinson Dinh Nguyen, 31, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. O’Neill to Conspiracy to Commit Mail, Wire and Bank Fraud in connection with his employment as a real estate agent for Crisp & Cole Associates, aka Crisp & Cole Real Estate.
Continue Reading...
Abdelghany Antar, 66, East Haven, was sentenced by United States District Judge Christopher F. Droney in Hartford to 37 months of imprisonment, followed by two years of supervised release, for devising and leading a mortgage fraud scheme in New Haven County, Connecticut.
Continue Reading...
Steven J. Baum, P.C., one of the largest volume mortgage foreclosure firms in New York State, entered into a settlement agreement that requires the firm to pay $2 million to the United States and to extensively change its practices with respect to mortgage foreclosure actions.
Continue Reading...
William Doug Mitchell, 50, Fort Worth, Texas, was convicted by a jury after one hour of deliberation for his role in a complex mortgage fraud scheme that targeted homes across North Texas.
Continue Reading...
Mary Anne Dean, 60, Severna Park, Maryland, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud in connection with a mortgage fraud scheme which resulted in over $4.7 million in fraudulent mortgage loans, of which the lenders ultimately lost at least $944,223.91, and which caused the homeowners to lose over $1.2 million in equity in their homes.
Continue Reading...
Jesse Alvin Cripps Sr., 57, previously of Visalia, California, was sentenced by United States District Judge Lawrence J. O’Neill to nine years and six months in prison for an investment scheme involving the sale of fraudulent real estate investment trusts. As part of his sentence, Cripps must also pay $2 million in restitution to his victims and must forfeit the property and proceeds obtained from the scheme.
Continue Reading...
Royce Lee Newcomb, 49, Roseville, California, was sentenced by United States District Judge Morrison C. England Jr., to five years and 10 months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release for a real estate fraud scheme. The amount of restitution will be determined at a future hearing. Newcomb pleaded guilty to the charges on May 12, 2011.
Continue Reading...
Henry J. Papale, 60, Southington, Connecticut, has been charged with two counts of wire fraud stemming from an alleged mortgage fraud scheme involving the use of another’s name and credit information.
Continue Reading...