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Mortgage Fraud - Pennsylvania
Wednesday, April 02, 2008
Guilty Plea In Pennsylvania Mortgage Fraud Scheme
Frank A. Kartesz, II, 39, Erie, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of conspiracy and wire fraud. In connection with the guilty plea, Assistant United States Attorney Christian A. Trabold advised the court that Kartesz and others conspired to falsify mortgage loan applications for home buyers who could not have otherwise...
Friday, March 21, 2008
Businessman Sentenced to 76 Months
Robert L. Dodsworth, 60, Erie, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 76 months in jail, a $50,000 fine, over $57,000 in restitution and three years supervised release on his conviction of conspiracy and money laundering. As previously reported by Mortgage Fraud Blog and according to information presented to the court by Assistant...
Thursday, March 20, 2008
Sentencing Continuance Granted For A Second Time
Jay Berger, 54, mortgage broker, settlement agent and title agent, was not sentenced March 19, 2008. Berger, through his attorney, motioned the court for a second continuance of that hearing until May 16, 2008. The motion was based on the fact that Defendant had recently hired attorney Jerome Brown, who requested an additional 60 days to...
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Pennsylvania Mortgage Fraud Task Force Busy in 2008
Sharon Chamberlain, 39—Wire Fraud Conspiracy Colleen Chiavetta, 35—Wire Fraud Conspiracy, Money Laundering Conspiracy John Chiavetta, 68—Wire Fraud Conspiracy Erika Stanford, 34—Wire Fraud Conspiracy, Money Laundering Conspiracy Aaron Thompson, 32—Wire Fraud Conspiracy Leon Truskowski, 37—Wire Fraud Conspiracy, Money Laundering Conspiracy The...
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Precision Mortgage Fraud Scheme Unraveled
Anthony Fields, 38—Wire Fraud Conspiracy Alice Fields, 28—Wire Fraud Conspiracy Lisa Fields, 33—Wire Fraud Conspiracy Raymond Fields, 26—Wire Fraud Conspiracy Randy Carretta, 44—Wire Fraud Conspiracy Jason Jester, 38—Wire Fraud Conspiracy Aaron McCarthy, 43—Wire Fraud Conspiracy Andrea Revak, 47—Wire Fraud Conspiracy Joyce Davern, 66—Wire Fraud...
Friday, February 15, 2008
3 New Indictments In Pennsylvania Straw Buyer Scheme
The following three defendants were indicted: Michael McFerron Pope, 43—Conspiracy, Money Laundering James Andrew Spike, 43—Conspiracy Marlin Sprouts, Jr., 52—Conspiracy The grand jury returned separate but related indictments charging Michael Pope, Marlin Spouts, Jr., and James Spike with participating in a Mortgage Fraud Conspiracy. Pope was also...
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Task Force Formed To Counter Growth Of Mortgage Fraud In Western Pennsylvania
United States Attorney Mary Beth Buchanan and key officials from federal, state and local law enforcement and regulatory agencies announced today the launch of the Western Pennsylvania Mortgage Fraud Task Force, a strategic partnership intended to combat the growing problem of mortgage fraud in the Greater Pittsburgh region. The Mortgage Fraud...
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Mortgage Broker Sentenced To 3 Years For Fraud Scheme
William D. Edgar, 49, Verona, Pennsylvania, was sentenced in a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania federal court to 37 months of incarceration and five years supervised release on his conviction of conspiracy, bank fraud, and wire fraud. According to the court documents and information presented to the court by Assistant United States Attorney Brendan T....
Friday, January 11, 2008
Sentencing Hearing Continued For Broker
Jay Berger, 54, mortgage broker, settlement agent and title agent, will not be sentenced on January 15, 2008. Berger, through his attorney, motioned the court for a continuance of that hearing until March 19, 2008. The motion was based on the fact that Defendant had just hired attorney Jerome Brown who required 60 days to prepare the case for...
Wednesday, December 05, 2007
Pennsylvania Businessman Pleads Guilty to Mortgage Fraud
Robert L. Dodsworth, 60, Erie County, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty to felony charges that he engaged in mortgage fraud in the city of Erie, Pennsylvania. Dodsworth entered the plea at a hearing before U.S. District Court Judge Sean J. McLaughlin. Dodsworth pleaded guilty to the felony counts of money laundering and conspiracy, criminal...
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Pennsylvania Broker Pleads Guilty to Fraud
Wesley A. Snyder, 71, Oley, Pennsylvania, is charged in a one count Information filed in U.S. District Court in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, with Mail Fraud Affecting a Financial Institution, 18 U.S.C. § 1341. The Information alleges that between 1988 and September of 2007, Snyder defrauded more than 800 individuals throughout Central and Eastern...
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Pennsylvania Businessman Indicted for Mortgage Fraud
Robert L. Dodsworth, Erie County, Pennsylvania, is accused of a mortgage-fraud scam that included misrepresenting Borrower income and financials. Dodsworth is also alleged to have manipulated the bank accounts of prospective homeowners. According to the criminal iinformation, Dodsworth, owner of several Pennsylvania corporations, from January...
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Man Receives 14 Years for Real Esate Scam
Mickey Allen Weicksel, a former real estate investor who obtained about $4 million in kickbacks through a real estate scam centered in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 14 years in prison, five years probation after his release, and ordered pay $750,324 in restitution. On March 3, 2006, a jury convicted Weicksel of 14 counts of wire...
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Pennsylvania Mortgage Banker Sentenced
Margaret Carole Fisher was charged in a one count information with aiding and abetting mail fraud, resulting from a scheme to defraud home owners, lending institutions and title companies, in which Fisher participated from at least Spring, 2002 through December, 2004. After pleading guilty to the one count information, Fisher was sentenced to 6...
Monday, October 15, 2007
Pennsylvania Man Pleads Guilty to Bank Fraud
Scott P. Winovich, 43, Mars, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of Bank Fraud and Tax Evasion announced United States Attorney Mary Beth Buchanan. In connection with the guilty plea, Assistant United States Attorney Brendan T. Conway advised the court that Winovich, in association with a real estate business that he owned,...
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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 
