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Rachel Dollar is an attorney and Certified Mortgage Banker who handles fraud recovery litigation for lenders and secondary market investors nationwide. She is a nationally recognized speaker on the topic of mortgage fraud. Ms. Dollar is licensed to practice law in California and maintains offices in Santa Rosa, California.
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- Mortgage Fraud Scheme Leads to Prison Term for Houston Man - Loan Officer Sentenced to 41 Months in Prison for Mortgage Fraud - Phoenix Mortgage Broker Who Defrauded Seniors Gets Prison Term - Jeffrey Miller Trial Begins in Topeka, Kansas - Man Sentenced To 22 Years For Defrauding Church, Among Others - 2 Indicted In Major Mortgage Fraud Scheme - Mortgage Broker Sentenced to 12 Months Home Confinement - 2 Guilty Convictions In NY Foreclosure Rescue Scam - Guilty Plea In Multi-Million Dollar Mortgage Fraud And Telemarketing Schemes - Fairfax Man Pleads Guilty in $33 Million Mortgage Fraud Case |
MissouriMortgage Fraud - MissouriWednesday, April 19, 2006Probation Sentences For Two in $6M Missouri Mortgage FraudNathan J. Brinkle, 30, Kansas City, Missouri and Jonathan T. Jennings, 34, Lees Summit, Missouri were sentenced this morning to three years of probation, including six months house arrest for their roles in a scheme to defraud home buyers and mortgage lenders of more than $6 million. The court also ordered Brinkle and Jennings to pay approximately $2.4 million in restitution, which was the amount of actual loss by the mortgage lenders. On June 2, 2005, Brinkle and Jennings, along with co-defendant Adam T. Kerr, Kansas City, Missouri, pleaded guilty to …
Thursday, April 06, 2006Mother and Son Indicted in Missouri Mortgage Fraud SchemeEric Kendall Taylor, 35, Lee’s Summit , Missouri and his mother, Doris Taylor, 58, Kansas City, Missouri, were indicted in connection with an alleged mortgage scheme that resulted in 23 fraudulent loans totaling more that $5M. The scheme allegedly operated in Kansas City and Lees Summit, Missouri from the summer of 1999 through September 23, 2005. The 20 count grand jury indictment includes charges of conspiracy, scheme to defraud and fraud. According to the indictment, Eric Taylor was in the business of investing in real estate in the Kansas City and …
Friday, March 31, 2006Phoenix Title Owner Sentenced to Five YearsJames Andrew Thurman, St. Charles, Missouri, former owner of Phoenix Title and James Andrew GMAC Real Estate (JAGMAC) was sentenced by a Missouri federal court to 63 months in prison and was ordered to pay over $2 million to the victims of a $2 million mortgage fraud scheme. Thurman pled guilty to one felony count of wire fraud in August 2005. At the sentencing, ten victims explained to United States District Judge Catherine D. Perry the devastation Thurmans fraud caused in their lives. ”The testimony of these victims was heart …
Thursday, March 30, 2006First Sentences in $20 Million Missouri Mortgage FraudA former mortgage broker and a former real estate appraiser were sentenced in Missouri federal court in separate but related cases involving a property flipping scheme and mortgage fraud. Their fraud was part of a larger scheme that involved nearly 300 fraudulent loans worth almost $20 million. Avonda Nicodemus, 33, Kansas City, Missouri, a former account executive at Ameriquest Mortgage in Gladstone, Missouri was sentenced to five years of probation, including four months of electronic monitoring, and ordered to pay $1,158,501 in restitution. Under the terms of probation, Nicodemus may not work as a loan broker …
Friday, March 10, 2006Phoenix Title Owner SentencedJames A. Thurman, St. Charles, Missouri, the owner of Phoenix Title Company, St. Charles, Missouri, was sentenced to 63 months in prison and ordered to pay more than $2 million in restitution in connection with charges that he defrauded Phoenix Title Company of $1.6 million by taking money from customers escrow deposits. Thurman pleaded guilty to wire fraud in August of last year. Phoenix Title was closed down in April, 2005 and was placed in receivership after Fidelity National Title Insurance of Florida attempted to inspect its records due to rumors of missing …
Thursday, February 23, 2006Barber Pleads Guilty to Two Remaining IndictmentsBrent Michael Barber, 41, Missouri, plead guilty to 104 federal felony counts levied in two separate mortgage fraud cases. In total, he plead guilty to two counts of conspiracy, ninety eight counts of interstate transportation of funds obtained by fraud and four counts of money laundering. In total, the charges involved approximately 300 loans totaling $20,000,000. Last year, Barber was tried under a separate third indictment and convicted. This plea agreement avoids the need for additional trials.
Wednesday, February 08, 2006First Magnus files Civil Lawsuit Alleging Kansas City, Missouri Mortgage Fraud SchemeFirst Magnus Financial Corporation (FMFC) filed a civil lawsuit in the Federal Court for the Western District of Missouri, Kansas City Division, against the following defendants whose roles, as indicated in the complaint, are also included: Summit Mortgage, L.L.C, mortgage broker
Thursday, January 26, 2006Former Title Company Exec Sentenced in Escrow DiversionKurzenberger receives six year sentence for theft of escrow funds Thomas Kurzenberger Jr., 37, Ballwin, Missouri, was sentenced to six years in prison and ordered to pay restitution of $5.7 million after pleading guilty to mail fraud in connection with his diversion of funds from title company escrow accounts. Kurzenberger is the former vice president of Title Insurance Agency, a suburban St. Louis, Missouri title insurance agency. He was charged by indictment and pleaded guilty to mail fraud in November. According to court documents, losses claimed by escrow victims totaled $5,731,535.90. Kurzenberger used customers’ escrow deposits to support his drug habit and spent …
Tuesday, December 20, 2005Last Defendant Sentenced in Lee’s Summit, Missouri Mortgage FraudCarl Long, 56, Oak Grove, Missouri was sentenced to three years in federal prison with parole and ordered to pay $79,500 in restitution. On April 21, 2005, Carl Long pleaded guilty to two counts of wire fraud and one count of money laundering in connection with part of a mortgage fraud scheme among three co-defendants that involved a total of 120 loans valued at nearly $18 million. Carl Long was engaged in the mortgage lending business with his son and co-defendant Anthony Edward Long, 35, Blue Springs, Missouri, through Community HomeBanc and
Monday, December 05, 2005Missouri Real Estate Entrepreneur ConvictedA Missouri real estate entrepreneur was convicted by a federal trial jury for orchestrating a property flipping scheme and mortgage fraud conspiracy. Brent Michael Barber, 41, of Belton, Missouri, was found guilty for his role in a conspiracy to defraud two mortgage lending companies of hundreds of thousands of dollars. Brent Barber manipulated people, took advantage of those who were vulnerable, and used deceit to enrich himself at the expense of others, said Todd P. Graves, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri. He forged documents and lied on loan applications in an …
Thursday, November 10, 2005Former Title Company VP Pleads GuiltyThomas Kurzenberger Jr., 37, Ballwin, Missouri, the former vice-president of Title Insurers Agency, Inc., 226 South Meramec Avenue, Suite 200, Clayton, Missouri, was charged by information and pled guilty to one count of mail fraud in connection with allegations that he diverted almost $2.8 million from title company escrow accounts. According to court records, between January 2000 and June 28, 2005, Kurzenberger withdrew approximately $2,768,882.04 from the main escrow or construction escrow accounts maintained by Title Insurance Agency. He spent approximately $1,251,045.41 to pay for personal expenses and the used the …
Friday, November 04, 2005Two Men Sentenced in Lee’s Summit, Missouri Mortgage FraudTwo men were sentenced in connection with a Lees Summit, Missouri mortgage fraud scheme alleged to have involved approximately $18M in fraudulent loans. Anthony Long was sentenced to 2 years in prison, to run consecutively with the sentenced imposed in the companion case, following by 3 years supervised release and was ordered to pay $1,388,126.81 in restitution. Long plead guilty to wire fraud and engaging in monetary transactions on April 22, 2005. Mitchell James Medlin was sentenced to 5 years probation and ordered to pay. $1,388,126.81 in restitution. Medlin plead guilty …
Wednesday, October 12, 2005Two Missouri Men Sentenced in $18M Mortgage FraudAnthony Edward Long, 35, Blue Springs, Missouri and Mitchell David Medlin, 43, Lees Summit, Missouri were sentenced in separate hearings for wire fraud and money laundering after pleading guilty in connection with a mortgage fraud scheme. Long, who pleaded guilty to charges contained in two separate indictments, was sentenced to three years and three months in federal prison without parole. The court also ordered Long to pay $1,388,126 in restitution. Medlin was sentenced to five years of probation, including six months in a halfway house and six months of home detention. The court …
Monday, August 29, 2005Owner of Phoenix Title Pleads Guilty to Wire FraudThurman Admits to Theft of $3.4 Million from Escrow Accounts James A. Thurman, 41, St. Charles, Missouri, the owner of Phoenix Title Company, St. Charles, Missouri, pleaded guilty to wire fraud in connection with allegations that he defrauded the company of $1.6 million by taking money from customers’ escrow deposits. Phoenix Title was closed down in April, 2005 and was placed in receivership after Fidelity National Title Insurance of Florida attempted to inspect its records due to rumors of missing escrow funds. In his guilty plea, Thurman admitted that between March 2002 and December 2004 he took $3.4 million from real estate …
Monday, August 15, 2005Missouri Woman Sentenced in Connection with $2M Mortgage FraudGuilty Plea to Tax Evasion Results in 18 Month Sentence Kimberly Williams, 46, Town & Country, Missouri, was sentenced to serve 18 months in prison for tax evasion in connection with her role in a $2 million mortgage fraud scheme. On May 18, 2005 Williams plead guilty to one felony count of income tax evasion. As part of her plea, Williams agreed to pay the proceeds from the sale of her residence to the United States to pay back taxes and restitution. According to the facts stated in court at the time of the plea, from June, 1999 to December, 2000, Williams participated in …
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