Missouri
Mortgage Fraud - Missouri
Monday, April 07, 2008
Broker Pleads Guilty To Fraud
Christopher Rakel, 29, St. Louis County, Missouri, pled guilty to fraud charges involving a far-ranging scheme to defraud banks and other mortgage lenders. As previously reported by Mortgage Fraud Blog, Rakel, a mortgage broker with Tri-State Mortgage, facilitated the purchase of dozens of fraudulent real estate transactions, primarily in South...
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Kansas Appraiser Pleads Guilty To Missouri Fraud
Lydell Flowers, 32, an Overland Park, Kansas real estate appraiser, pled guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering, admitting that he helped prepare inflated appraisals of Kansas City, Missouri properties so that the excess amount could be shared and misappropriated by co-conspirators. According to the Indictment, from October...
Friday, January 25, 2008
Missouri Man Sentced On Mortgage Fraud Charges
Dack Daugherty, St. Louis, Missouri, was sentenced to 44 months in prison on conspiracy and money laundering charges in connection with a mortgage fraud ring that operated primarily in South St. Louis, Missouri. Additionally, as part of his sentence, Daugherty was ordered to pay $576,390 to twenty-one different banks and mortgage companies. ...
Thursday, January 17, 2008
Missouri Mortgage Banker Sentenced for Fraud
Rose A. Shaw, St. Charles, Missouri, was sentenced to 33 months in prison. She pled guilty in September of 2007 to one felony count of social security fraud and one felony count of mortgage fraud. Shaw was ordered to pay mandatory restitution of $153,857.10 on the social security fraud and $70,718.94 on the mortgage fraud. In December 2005, Shaw...
Monday, January 07, 2008
McFadden-Weaver Sentenced to 2 Months
Saundra McFadden-Weaver, in a truly ground-breaking following of new law decided December 10, 2007, was not sentenced according to the federal sentencing guidelines, which suggested between 24 to 30 months. Fernando J. Gaitan, Jr., Chief U.S. District Judge presiding over the case, did not follow the federal sentencing guidelines when sentencing...
Thursday, December 13, 2007
Guilty Plea in Missouri Mortgage Fraud Case
Leslie Saunders II, 34, Kansas City, Missouri, pled guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering stemming from a $14 million mortgage fraud that had focused on low income borrowers. Saunders had been involved in the same mortgage fraud scheme that triggered a federal indictment against six others in early November, 2007. He had not been...
Thursday, December 06, 2007
Guilty Plea in Conspiracy Aimed at Low-Income Borrowers
Terrell Ford, 33, Kansas City, Missouri, pled guilty to participating in a conspiracy in which low-income borrowers obtained home loans or refinancing by submitting fraudulently inflated appraisals and false financial information to lenders. Ford faces up to 25 years in prison for his role in the $14 million mortgage fraud scheme. According to...
Friday, November 30, 2007
Attorney Pleads Guilty to Misuse of Closing Funds
Dawn Renee Harpster, 38, Kidder, Missouri, pled guilty in federal court to defrauding a North Kansas City, Missouri bank in a series of loans. Harpster, formerly doing business as Northwest Missouri Title Co., LLC, Gallatin, Missouri, admitted that she defrauded Norbank by obtaining five loans totaling $866,810 between March 2006 and December...
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Title Company Owner Sentenced
Bennie Clark, indicted earlier this year for his role in a mortgage fraud scheme centered around the illegal flipping of properties has been sentenced. Clark, who pled guilty in August of 2007, must serve a total term of 24 months in prison followed by 36 months of supervised release and pay $415,504.00 in restitution. The other three defendants...
Thursday, November 08, 2007
Shields and Her Husband Acquitted
Katheryn Shields, former Jackson County Executive, and her husband, Phillip Cardarella were acquitted following a two week trial. The verdict forms for Shields and Cardarella indicate they were found not guilty of count 1, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, and count 12, wire fraud. As previously reported by Mortgage Fraud Blog, Shields and her...
Tuesday, November 06, 2007
Missouri Broker Indicted for Defrauding Lenders
Christopher Rakel, 29, St. Louis County, Missouri, was charged in a two-count indictment alleging a far-ranging scheme to defraud banks and other mortgage lenders and money laundering. According to the indictment, Rakel, a mortgage broker with Tri-State Mortgage, facilitated the purchase of dozens of fraudulent real estate transactions, primarily...
Friday, November 02, 2007
Mortgage Fraud Conspiracy Ring Leader Pleads Guilty
Raymond Walter Zwego, Jr., 59, Kansas City, Missouri, pled guilty to all of the charges contained in a January 4, 2007, federal indictment. Zwego owns and operates Xpress Car Sales, Xpress Car Rental, North Mission Investments, Cobalt Blue, LLC, and Indigo Blue in North Kansas City. Zwego admitted that, from early September through November 17,...
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
2 Plead Guilty to Federal Mortgage Fraud Charges
Floyd Irons and John Mineo, Jr., a Missouri restaurant operator, pled guilty to wire and mail fraud charges in connection with a million dollar mortgage fraud scheme. “These defendants both allowed greed to tarnish successful and noteworthy careers. Now, they are facing lengthy prison sentences and the prospect of spending many years paying back...
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
Jury finds Ex-City Councilwoman Guilty
Saundra McFadden-Weaver was convicted by a federal jury in Kansas City, Missouri, of conspiracy and wire fraud for her role in a $400,000 mortgage fraud scheme. As previously reported by Mortgage Fraud Blog, The indictment alleges that McFadden-Weaver, Emmanuel Kind and Ricky Hamilton participated in a conspiracy to defraud mortgage lenders. The...
Thursday, August 16, 2007
Loan Officer Indicted for $25M Missouri Fraud Scheme
Judy Brumble, loan officer and ostensible real estate agent, was charged in a superceding indictment for her role in a 25 million dollar mortgage fraud scheme. Brumble is now the 9th defendant in the pending action. Those already indicted on May 17, 2006, include: F. Jeffrey Miller, Real Estate Developer in Lee’s Summit, Missouri; Steve Middleton,...
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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 
