Vincent Robert Eppstein, 49, San Jose, California, was convicted of embezzling more than half a million dollars from his good friend, while she was away in a long-term rehab program. The defendant refinanced her real estate and payed off his own mortgage with her money, among other things.
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Blair Christopher Hanloh, 50, Long Beach, California, was convicted of stealing over $3.5 million in a fraudulent scheme by falsely transferring residential property deeds and fraudulently renting out houses.
Michael Wilkerson, 47, Pottstown, Pennsylvania, was sentenced yesterday to 170 months in prison and ordered to pay $1,353,111.93 in restitution for a mortgage fraud scheme. Wilkerson and his co-defendants defrauded JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. by fraudulently obtaining home loans valued at more than $6 million for properties located in Schwenksville and Glenmoore, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
Joseph N. Gagliano, 45, Phoenix, Arizona, was sentenced to 30 months in prison and ordered to pay $2,903,010.26 in restitution by U.S. District Court Judge G. Murray Snow.
Everett Pope, aka Jonathan Pincuss, 38, Bolingbrook, Illinois, and Colbi Andry, aka Richard Lockwell and Rich Ingram, 38, Chicago, Illinois, who operated various businesses at multiple Chicago area locations since at least 2009 are facing federal fraud charges for allegedly charging 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.
Lester Soto, 57, Freehold, New Jersey, owner of a mortgage company that was responsible for a long-running, large-scale mortgage fraud that caused losses of more than $30 million admitted his role in the scheme.
Robert Thomas, 36, Lakeworth, Florida, was sentenced to 40 months in federal prison for knowingly participating in a fraudulent telemarketing scam that victimized timeshare owners nationwide.
Marcin Malarz, 48, formerly of Lake Forest, Illinois, a former securities broker, and and Arthur Lin, 39, Palatine, Illinois, his associate in a real estate business that converted apartments into condominiums, were indicted for allegedly fraudulently raising more than $9 million from approximately 25 investors and misappropriating a substantial portion of the money, resulting in a loss of at least $5.5 million.
Nathan Shane Wolf, 42, Charlotte, North Carolina, Denetria Montresa Myles, 42, Charlotte, were convicted following a week-and-a-half-long trial by a federal jury on all charges relating to a $75 million racketeering conspiracy.
Bhardwaaj “Deo” Seecharan, 53, Orange County, Florida, was sentenced for his participation in an extensive mortgage fraud scheme.