Archives For Allison Tussey

David Kaup, 30, San Gabriel, California, who was scheduled to be sentenced in December 2012, but failed to appear in court for his sentencing hearing, was arrested in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Paul Hulse, Sr. was sentenced on November 27, 2013, by United States District Court Judge Myron S. Thompson, to the statutory maximum of 10 years imprisonment followed by three years supervised release for interstate transportation of property by fraud. Judge Thompson also sentenced Frank J. Teers to 8 years imprisonment followed by five years of supervised release for conspiracy to commit wire and financial institution fraud, and committing wire fraud and financial institution fraud.

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Jeriel Salinas, 32, Bakersfield, California, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud, wire fraud, and bank fraud relating to his involvement in an extensive mortgage fraud scheme while working at Crisp & Cole Real Estate.

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Nine defendants have been indicted in two separate mortgage fraud cases. Seven defendants were charged together in one case, and two in the second case, together alleging schemes to fraudulently obtain at least four residential mortgage loans totaling more than $1 million from lenders.

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Cynthia Hosbrook, 41, and Robert Hosbrook, 52, both of Henderson, Nevada, a husband and wife who worked as real estate agents in southern Nevada, have pleaded guilty to bank fraud charges in connection with several residential short sale transactions that resulted in over $350,000 in losses to Wells Fargo and Freddie Mac.

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Charles R. Sammon, 37, West Pittston, Pennsylvania, formerly an attorney practicing in Boston, Massachusetts, was convicted of mortgage fraud.

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Everett Pope, aka Jonathan Pincuss, 38, Bolingbrook, Illinois, and Colbi Andry, aka Richard Lockwell and Rich Ingram, 38, Chicago, Illinois, who allegedly operated various loan modification businesses, have been indicted and charged with obtaining thousands of dollars in advance fees, purportedly to help individuals modify their existing home mortgage loans, but then failing to provide the services they promised.

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Four defendants have been sentenced in a mortgage fraud case: Christopher Ginyard, 27, Wichita, Kansas, two years supervised release and $40,000 restitution; Henry Pearson, Jr., 29, Wichita, two years supervised release and $56,000 restitution; Henry Pearson, Sr., Wichita, two years supervised release and $55,180 restitution; and Bruce Dykes, 45, Wichita, two years supervised release and $14,872 restitution.

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Rosita Vilchez, 39, Lima, Peru; Armando Pino, 53, Centerville, Virginia, currently in Peru; Edgar Vilchez, 38, Manassas, Virginia; Lorene Chittenden, 57, Centerville, Virginia; and Rocio Benavides, 28, Manassas, Virginia—have been indicted and charged with conspiracy to commit bank fraud and wire fraud affecting a financial institution and operating a continuing financial crimes enterprise.

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Bryson John Russell, 66, Lincoln, Illinois, former president of a Logan County bank, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Richard Mills to serve 30 months in federal prison for embezzling more than $500,000 from Hartsburg State Bank and hiding it by creating loans in the names of various customers and relatives.

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