Guy Samuel, 32, Richmond Hill, New York; the co-owner of a company that purported to provide mortgage modification services, and four former employees of the company, Anthony Blackwell, 47, Manhattan, New York; Angel Gonzalez, 31, Rosedale, New York; Jonathan Lyons, 51, Rockville Center, New York; and Aren Goldfaden, 36, East Rockaway, New York, have been indicted for their alleged participation in a multimillion-dollar scheme that victimized more than 500 financially struggling homeowners across the country.
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C. Tate George, 45, Newark, New Jersey, former NBA basketball player and the CEO of purported real estate development firm The George Group, was convicted on all counts on which he was indicted in connection with his role in orchestrating a $2 million investment fraud scheme.
Penguin Properties LLC and its owner, Seth D. Lynn, a Georgia real estate investor, pleaded guilty for their role in conspiracies to rig bids and commit mail fraud at public real estate foreclosure auctions in Georgia.
James Timothy Malis, 66 and son Nicholas Malis, 37, both of Las Vegas, Nevada, were indicted by a Clark County grand jury on several felonies in connection with their operation of a mortgage fraud scam.
James Lee Lankford, 74, formerly of Modesto, California, a real estate broker, pleaded guilty to seven counts of mail fraud in connection with a mortgage fraud scam that looted elderly homeowners and lending institutions of millions of dollars.
Bonnie Kathleen Kreamer, a/k/a Bonnie Meehan, 47, Riva, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to commit wire fraud in connection with a mortgage fraud scheme which resulted in losses of more than $4.8 million.
Keith Michael Courtney, 31, Albuquerque, New Mexico, a real estate broker, and Jason Johns, 40, Albuquerque, New Mexico, a loan officer, will be serving federal prison sentences for their wire fraud convictions.
James G. Berghius, 41, Sacramento, California, was convicted by a federal jury after a three day trial of four counts of mail fraud, four counts of wire fraud, and one count of money laundering related to a Ponzi scheme that he operated.
Myra Holmes, 56, Vallejo, California, was sentenced on October 7, 2013, to 27 months’ imprisonment and ordered to pay over $196,000 in restitution on bankruptcy and mortgage fraud related changes..
Patrick J. Mansell, 68, Boca Raton, Florida, Vice President of Coastal States Mortgage Corporation, was sentenced to a statutory maximum penalty of five years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release. Mansell previously pled guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud to defraud government sponsored entities, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.