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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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OhioMortgage Fraud - OhioWednesday, May 07, 20082 Guilty Pleas In Straw Buyer SchemeAryeh Schottenstein, 34, Columbus, Ohio, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and one count of money laundering, and Shawn A. Griffin, 38, also of Columbus, Ohio, pleaded guilty to two counts of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and one count of money laundering. Schottenstein and Griffin were indicted along with Donald F. Green, Jeffrey Lieberman and George “Terry” Jordan for a mortgage fraud scheme in central Ohio in 2003 and 2004. According to statements of facts filed with Schottenstein‘s and Griffin‘s pleas,
Monday, May 05, 2008Title Company Owner Pleads Guilty to MisrepsSteven C. Gittinger, 50, Cincinnati, Ohio, pleaded guilty in United States District Court to one count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud and one count of money laundering for his participation in a mortgage fraud scheme. According to a statement of facts filed with his guilty plea, Gittinger was a principal of Classic Title Agency, Inc. and helped close real estate sales. Between June 2003 and 2005, Gittinger received business and made money for performing closings of real estate sales. In 2003, Gittinger made various fraudulent representations on closing documents in which misrepresentations …
Monday, April 14, 2008Ohio Property Owner Pleads Guilty To Straw Borrower SchemeDonald F. Green, 48 Columbus, Ohio, pleaded guilty in United States District Court to one count of income tax evasion, one count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud and wire fraud, and one count of bank fraud in connection with his role in a mortgage fraud scheme that fraudulently secured more than $2.6 million in mortgage loans in 2003 and 2004. According to a statement of facts filed with Green‘s plea agreement, Green bought houses usually in need of substantial repairs in distressed neighborhoods in Columbus, Ohio in 2003 and 2004 at or near …
Wednesday, March 05, 2008Additional Members Indicted In Ohio Mortgage Fraud RingHany Bekhit, Moemen Ibrahim, Dijana Ibrahim and Alaa M. Abouelenein, were indicted by the Delaware County grand jury officially charging them for their connection to the multi-million dollar mortgage fraud scheme that operated in Ohio counties, Delaware and Franklin. Bekhit, 35, California, M. Ibrahim, 41, New Albany, Ohio, and Abouelenein, 28, Columbus, Ohio, were each indicted on five counts of money laundering, two counts of forgery and one count each of aggravated theft and receiving stolen property. D. Ibrahim 28, Hilliard, Ohio, was charged in a 16-count indictment, which …
Wednesday, February 27, 2008Real Estate Agent Pleads Not Guilty In Ohio Fraud SchemeScott McCann, 45, Columbus, Ohio, has been arraigned and plead not guilty to charges stemming from a mortgage fraud scheme involving several Ohio properties. McCann was released on $100,000 bond with strict orders not to contact other persons involved in the scheme. As previously reported by Mortgage Fraud Blog, Gihan Ahmed Ismail Zalat aka Gigi Zalat, 40, Columbus, Ohio, and McCann, were separately indicted for engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity, aggravated theft, money laundering and receiving stolen property. Zalat is a former co-owner of the
Monday, February 25, 2008Ohio Restaurant Owner And Agent Indicted On Fraud ChargesGihan Ahmed Ismail Zalat aka Gigi Zalat, 40, and Scott McCann, 45, both of Columbus, Ohio, were separately indicted for a mortgage fraud scheme involving several Ohio properties. Zalat and McCann are charged with engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity, aggravated theft, money laundering and receiving stolen property. Zalat is a former co-owner of the Happy Greek restaurant, South Campus Gateway, Ohio. McCann is a real-estate agent and former mortgage broker. The scheme took place between 2005 and 2007, and involved false documentation and misrepresentations in loan applications, property flips, …
Monday, January 07, 2008Ohio Appraiser and Sister IndictedJon Schwinkendorf, 41, Catawba Island, Ohio, and Susan Bigley, Medina, Ohio, Schwinkendorf‘s sister and employee were reportedly indicted for a mortgage fraud scheme involving homes in Summit County, Ohio. Schwinkendorf and Bigley were charged with six counts of grand theft and face a maximum of nine years in prison.  mortgage fraud
Friday, December 28, 2007More Than A Dozen Indicted In OhioDavid Willan, Craig Conner, Daniel A. Mohler, Sandra Langer, Mandie Pugh, Nicole Pappas-Ford, Richard Borodkin, Brianna Fullerton and Daniel Ringer, all of Evergreen, Ohio, Amanda Lower, Angela Soukup and Gene Luce III, all of Carnation, Ohio, appraisers Joseph Pietro, John Schwinkendorf, Susan Bigley and Robert Kokai, and Michelle Hyatt of First Security Title, were all reportedly charged with a mortgage fraud scheme that took Summit County and Ohio officials years to prove. The 147-count indictment sets forth mortgage fraud schemes that involved several Evergreen Investments companies. Officials …
Thursday, December 27, 20075 Indicted for Mortgage Fraud and Ponzi SchemesDarryl G. Moore, 41, Solon, Ohio, Leon S. Heard, 72, Cleveland, Ohio and Steven I. Helfgott, 54, Cleveland, Ohio, were charged in eleven-count superceding indictment charging them with one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud, wire fraud, and securities fraud; one count of securities fraud; one count of wire fraud; one count of money laundering; and one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering resulting from defrauding investors in an extensive “Ponzi” scheme. Moore and Heard, along with Mark C. Olds, Robert E. McNair, Avis D. Scott, Lee A. Granger, and Craig …
Wednesday, December 26, 2007Mortgage Brokerage Sued for Identity Theft ExposureRandall Mortgage Services Inc. and its owner and president, Robert Shepherd, was sued by Attorney General Marc Dann and the Ohio Department of Commerce for allegedly abandoning customers’ loan and personal financial information after the mortgage broker company closed its offices. Randall Mortgage Services surrendered its mortgage broker certificate of registration on August 29, 2007. The company’s main office was in Dublin, and it had branch offices in Fairlawn and Cincinnati, Ohio. “We need to protect our personal information to prevent identity theft,” said Attorney General Marc Dann. “Businesses that collect our personal information are …
Friday, December 14, 2007Ohio Foreclosure Fraud Scheme ChargesJames A. Warsing, Ashtabula, Ohio, has been charged with eight counts of Mail Fraud. The indictment charges that between 2001 and 2005, James A. Warsing, using his company, WJW Enterprises, devised a scheme to defraud various homeowners threatened with foreclosures, by falsely promising he could save the homes from foreclosure. It was further alleged that Warsing fraudulently obtained large sums of monies from homeowners promising to use such monies to settle their accounts with lenders but used the money for other personal and business purposes. As a further part of …
Wednesday, December 12, 2007Default Resolution to Civil Complaint Against AppraiserJay Riccardi, Toledo, Ohio, the remaining defendant in a civil suit by Mortgage Lenders Network USA Inc., Middletown, Connecticut, failed to answer, plead or otherwise respond to the Amended Complaint. The Court therefore ordered judgment against him in the amount of $97,662.21. The judgment compensated Mortgage Lenders Network for its incurred losses but declined to award damages for “projected losses” or punitive damages. The court did leave open the order in the event that Plaintiff obtains further documentary evidence of its projected losses. As previously reported by Mortgage Fraud Blog,
Monday, November 12, 2007Ohio Foreclosure Rescuer Pleads GuiltyRandall L. Webb, 50, Springboro, Ohio, pleaded guilty to mail fraud for soliciting homeowners who were in danger of losing their homes through foreclosure, and falsely promising them he could provide affordable solutions and assistance to enable the homeowners to keep their homes and not put them in a more difficult position. According to a statement of facts filed with the plea agreement, Webb sent flyers under the name ”American Foreclosure Group LLC” to homeowners in the Dayton and Cincinnati, Ohio areas offering to help them save their homes from foreclosures and …
Friday, September 21, 20072nd Man Sentenced In Dayton Area Mortgage Fraud SchemeNicholas St. Nichols, 54, Dayton, Ohio, was sentenced in United States District Court here to one year and one day in federal prison for his role in a mortgage fraud scheme to sell homes in the Dayton, Ohio Metropolitan area at inflated prices to a buyer who believed she was merely selling him her credit. Nichols was also fined $4,000 and ordered to pay restitution to victims. St. Nichols and Todd Armstrong, 43, Bellbrook, Ohio, sentenced in July to twelve months and one day imprisonment, were originally indicted for the scheme in July …
Monday, September 17, 20074 More Indictments Handed Down in Ohio Mortgage Fraud CrackdownIndictments were handed down in Cuyahoga County, Ohio in connection with four cases of mortgage fraud involving 26 individuals and entities and four houses in Solon, Ohio totaling over $2.6 million in fraudulent loans. These cases total 134 defendants and over $8.4 million in fraudulent loans for 60 properties located in ten communities: Shaker Heights, Oakwood Village, Cleveland, East Cleveland, Cleveland Heights, Solon, Pepper Pike, Garfield Heights, Brook Park, and Brooklyn, Ohio. The first Solon, Ohio case involves Gerald Sizemore, 40, Sandusky, Ohio, who bought a new house at 35895 Sedge Circle …
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