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Mortgage Fraud - Pennsylvania
Thursday, July 16, 2009
12 Charged in 6 Mortgage Fraud Schemes
12 individuals have been charged in United States District Court in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in connection with six separate mortgage fraud schemes:
John L. Chaffo, Jr., 49, Murrysville, Pennsylvania; Michael Dokmanovich, 36, Bethel Park, Pennsylvania; and Bernardo Katz, 49, Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania, have been charged in a 15‑count...
Friday, June 19, 2009
Two Charged with Conspiracy to Defraud Banks
Richard A. Raspatello, 54, Kersey, Pennsylvania and Joshua Z. Atwell, 22, Warren, Pennsylvania, have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Erie on a one-count charge of conspiracy to commit bank fraud, announced United States Attorney Mary Beth Buchanan.
According to the indictment presented to the court, Raspatello and Atwell conspired to...
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Philadelphia Man Sentenced for Mortgage Fraud and Identity Theft
Mahn Huu Doan, a/k/a "Bruce Doan", 40, Philadelphia, was sentenced to 151 months in prison for a massive mortgage fraud and identity theft scheme. Doan, a self-described real estate investor, would purchase houses, using false or borrowed identities, using government insured loans which he secured using fraudulent information. Doan's scheme also...
Thursday, April 09, 2009
Pennsylvania Man Pleads Guilty To Foreclosure Bailout Scheme
Terence Mayfield, 47, Phoenixille, PA, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Joseph H. Rodriguez to one count each of mail and wire fraud for his role in operating two ponzi schemes upon members of a Toms River church which resulted in total losses of more than $1 million. Judge Rodriguez released the defendant on a $100,000 bond pending...
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Pennsylvania Man Pleads Guilty to Inflating Appraisals
Craig Tengowski, 35, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of Wire Fraud Conspiracy on March 20, 2009. Tengowski pleaded guilty to one count before Chief United States District Judge Donetta Ambrose.
In connection with the guilty plea, Assistant United States Attorney Brendan T. Conway advised the court that ...
Broker Pleads Guilty To Submitting False Information to Lenders
Debra Phillips, 50, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of Wire Fraud Conspiracy. Phillips pleaded guilty to one count before Chief United States District Judge Donetta Ambrose.
In connection with the guilty plea, Assistant United States Attorney Brendan T. Conway advised the court that Phillips, who is a...
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Broker Receives 5 Month Sentence for Mortgage Fraud
Diane Flannery, 47, a mortgage broker and loan officer for Source Mortgage Company, was sentenced to 5 months in prison, 3 years supervised released and ordered to pay $58,379.52 in restitution. As previously reported by Mortgage Fraud Blog, Flannery and David Paul, 50, a real estate investor, were indicted and charged with mail fraud in...
Wednesday, March 04, 2009
Straw Buyer Sentenced to Probation
Marlin Sprouts Jr., 53, Uniontown, Pennsylvania, was sentenced in federal court in Pittsburgh on a felony charge that he conspired with his daughter and others to commit mortgage fraud. Sprouts received 36 months probation, ordered to pay $697,500.00 in restitution and a $100.00 special assessment. US Attorney Mary Beth Buchanan filed a motion...
Friday, February 13, 2009
16 Indicted In House Stealing Scam Involving 80 Properties
16 individuals have been indicted by a Pennsylvania Grand Jury for a house-stealing scam that occurred in and about Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, involving over 80 properties: Carlos Quiles, Ivan Delgado, Troy Baylor, Richard Smith, Kenneth Lyons, Lenora Irene Jackson, Rebecca A. Robinson, Juanita Torres, Alberto Rodriguez, Daralease Brown,...
PA DA Sets Up Hotline For VIctims Of House Stealing
The Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office set up a special hotline number for those who are victims of “house stealing”. The number for the Economic Crime Complaint Hotline is 215-686-9901. Callers should leave a message and a number where investigators may contact them. Saying that that the defendants “are intent on ripping people off by...
Thursday, February 05, 2009
2 Indicted In Pennsylvania Mortgage Fraud Scheme
Anthony J. Staph Jr., 42, New Castle, Pennsylvania, was indicted by a Pennsylvania Grand Jury and charged with Bank Fraud. The indictment alleges that Staph participated in a Bank Fraud Scheme involving Affordable Housing of Lawrence County, Inc. and First Commonwealth Bank. It is alleged that participants in the bank fraud scheme arranged for ...
Mortgage Fraud Task Force Recognizes 1 Yr Anniversary
The Western Pennsylvania Mortgage Fraud Task Force, a strategic partnership intended to combat the growing problem of mortgage fraud in the Greater Pittsburgh region, was recognized by United States Attorney Mary Beth Buchanan and key officials from federal, state and local law enforcement and regulatory agencies on it’s one year anniversary. The...
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Pennsylvania Broker Will Be Sentenced In February
Richard J. Thomas, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was set to be sentenced November 20, 2008, however his sentencing has been continued to February 20, 2009, at 3 pm. As previously reported by Mortgage Fraud Blog, Thomas pleaded guilty to a charge of mail fraud before United States District Judge Joy Flowers Conti. In connection with the guilty plea,...
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Loan Officer Sentenced to 41 Months in Prison for Mortgage Fraud
Brian Tray, 52, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to 41 months of incarceration and five years of supervised release on his conviction of Conspiracy, Bank Fraud and Wire Fraud, all in connection with a mortgage fraud scheme. According to information presented to the court, Tray worked as a...
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Atlanta Woman Charged And Pleads Guilty
Nancy Barlet, 50, Atlanta, Georgia, a woman who allegedly used false and fraudulent employment information to obtain mortgages and purchase several properties in the Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania area was charged with mail fraud as an aider and abettor in a criminal Information filed by the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Barlet has signed a plea...
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Rachel Dollar, the editor of Mortgage Fraud Blog, is an attorney and Certified Mortgage Banker who handles litigation for lending institutions and secondary market investors. She is an author and a nationally recognized speaker on the topic of mortgage fraud. Ms. Dollar is a shareholder with the law firm of 
