Eva Barroso, 54, Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, a former manager of a credit union was sentenced to serve 27 months for each count of bank fraud and tax evasion for fabricating at least three false loans in the name of nominee entities and individuals without the knowledge and authorization of the purported borrower
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Roger Dean Bailey, Jr., 41, Hickory, North Carolina, was sentenced to 30 months in prison for his role in a mortgage and consumer fraud conspiracy involving manufactured and modular homes. From 2004 to 2008, Bailey was involved with the origination of up to 154 fraudulent HUD/FHA-insured mortgages.
Wasseem Shamoun pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bank fraud in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan for his role in a scheme wherein he and his co-conspirators purchased property then recruited straw buyers to submit fraudulent loan applications to lenders in exchange for a fee.
Fiorella Sophia Tealdo, 47, Las Vegas, Nevada, was arrested in connection with a mortgage lending fraud scheme in which three victims paid up-front fees ranging from $1,800 – $4,210 toward their mortgage loan modifications, which were never completed.
Brenda Wood, 45, Leavenworth, Kansas, a business owner, has been indicted on federal bank fraud charges for allegedly forging the signature of a second mortgage holder thereby releasing a deed, inflating purchase prices to ensure loan-to-value requirements and submitting false documents to banks.
Manjur Alam, 47, Wichita, Kansas, was sentenced to six years in federal prison for a mortgage fraud scheme wherein he submitted false verification of rent and submitted a false letters of credit to lenders for nominal buyers.
Bonnie Lynn Recinos, aka Bonnie Farr, 54, Mesa, Arizona, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud for her role in soliciting investors in various real estate projects then misappropriating their funds for her personal use.
Matthew Amato, 31, Broomall, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty to one count of making false statements to banks. Amato admitted lying to three lenders for the purpose of influencing the actions of the banks upon lines of credit for which he had applied.
Muhammad Shafique, 44, Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 57 months in prison for trafficking millions of dollars in contraband cigarettes, laundering the proceeds through his South Jersey store and participating in a $2 million mortgage scheme in New York.
Bruce Hawkins, 64, Denver, Colorado, the former owner of a home building company that went bankrupt in 2008, leaving unfinished a commercial and residential property development, was sentenced to 15 months in federal prison for bank fraud related to the collapse of the project, known as Riverside Square.