Lending Hands of Idaho, Inc., a bogus online lender, appears to have pirated website information from a legitimate Michigan-based company named Lending Hands of Michigan, Inc. raising a warning flag to consumers who may be searching for loans online.
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Luis R. Valladares, 52, Hanover, Maryland, pleaded guilty to mail fraud, admitting that his fraud schemes resulted in total losses of approximately $779,277. Valladares applied for and obtained mortgages from lenders using false and forged documents. Continue Reading…
Shawn Davis, 44, Huntersville, North Carolina. and Darren Eugene Littles, 47, Charlotte, North Carolina, were sentenced to prison by U.S. District Judge Robert J. Conrad, Jr. for their role in a scheme involving more than $1 million in fraudulent loans.
David Williams, 54, Studio City, California, a licensed securities dealer and investment adviser, as well as the former president and CEO of Sherman Oaks, California-based Morgan Peabody, Inc. brokerage and investment firm has pleaded guilty to federal wire fraud charges stemming from a real estate investment scam that resulted in about five dozen investors losing nearly $4 million.
William R. Beamon, Jr., a/k/a Rusty Beamon, 54, Atlanta, Georgia, has been sentenced to three years, six months in federal prison for defrauding Appalachian Community Bank, Ellijay, Georgia. Beamon was convicted by a jury of five counts of bank fraud on December 19, 2014, after a five-day trial. Continue Reading…
Kimberly Haslacker, 39, Romney, West Virginia, was convicted of bank fraud in federal court after she admitted to using her position as a bank loan officer to obtain fraudulent loans.
Wayne Lippman, Walnut Creek, California, a real estate investor, has agreed to plead guilty for his role in conspiracies to rig bids at public real estate foreclosure auctions in Northern California.
Poppi Metaxas, 62, Hillsborough, California, the former President and Chief Executive Officer of Gateway Bank, FSB, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bank fraud for her role in defrauding the bank of more than $1.8 million in the aftermath of the financial crisis.
Dean Gregory Chandler, 50, Fallbrook, California, and Michael Eccles, 35, Vista, California, were sentenced to 12 and 5 years in prison, respectively, for their roles in defrauding more than 3,000 homeowners across the nation through a sham law firm in Oceanside, California.
Conan Hayes, 40, Topanga, California, the former co-owner of the clothing brand RVCA is scheduled to be arraigned May 4, 2015, for committing short-sale fraud of his home and causing a total loss of over $500,000 to the lender.