Shawn Dicken, 39, Bay City, Michigan, is the subject of felony charges for her alleged role in an extensive multi-county Ponzi scheme.
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John Michael Stevens, 47, Lakeville, Minnesota, pleaded guilty for his role in a scheme to defraud mortgage lenders in connection with the sale of condominiums at the Chateau Ridge development in Burnsville, Minnesota.
Pedro Benevides, 44, Astatula, Florida, has been indicted and charged with conspiracy to commit bank fraud, nine counts of bank fraud, and nine counts of making false statements to financial institutions. If convicted, Benevides faces a maximum penalty of 30 years in federal prison and a $1million fine for each of the nineteen charged counts.
Dwight A. Etheridge, 49, Chesapeake, Virginia, was sentenced to 50 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiracy to commit bank fraud, bank fraud, false statements to a financial institution, and aiding and abetting misapplication of bank funds.
Lisa Marie Scarfo, 34, Elmer, New Jersey, the wife of a reputed mob figure admitted she conspired to defraud a mortgage lender in order to buy a $715,000 house in Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey.
Mark S. Farhood, 49, formerly of San Diego, California, and Jason S. Sant, 38, Lecanto, Florida, were sentenced for their roles in operating a nationwide online foreclosure rescue scam that went by various names, including Home Advocate Trustees and Walk Away Today, and used various websites, including walkawaytoday.org and sellfastusa.com, to deceive hundreds of vulnerable, distressed homeowners into surrendering their properties to the company.
Ali Forouzan, Mobile, Alabama, a former investor in the Alabama real estate foreclosure auctions industry, pleaded guilty to one count of making false statements.
Stephen G. Fields, 49, Chesapeake, Virginia, was sentenced to 17 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiracy to commit bank fraud, false entries in bank records, misapplication of bank funds, and false statement to a financial institution.
Eric Ray Hernandez, 37, Bakersfield, California, was sentenced by Senior United States District Judge Anthony W. Ishii to 10 years and 10 months in prison for conspiracy to commit mail fraud, wire fraud, and bank fraud in connection with a mortgage fraud scheme.
Jamie Bowers-Danielson, 35, and Matthew Danielson, 36, Ankeny, Iowa, were sentenced for their involvement in a mortgage fraud scheme.