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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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FloridaMortgage Fraud - FloridaFriday, May 09, 2008Loan Originator Sentenced For Straw Buyer SchemeMarlene Dinnall a/k/a Marlene Henry, Marlene Angela Hall, and Marlene Morris, 48, Miramar, Florida was sentenced to 51 months imprisonment by United States District Court Judge James I. Cohn. Dinnall was sentenced for her participation on a mortgage and mail and wire fraud scheme that resulted in approximately $1.8 million in fraudulently obtained mortgage loans. At sentencing, the defendant was also ordered to pay restitution to National City Mortgage Company, a lender that suffered actual loss in this case. ASs previously reported by Mortgage Fraud Blog, Dinnall was a mortgage loan originator …
Monday, May 05, 2008Woman Sentenced To 2 Years For Mortgage FraudYolanda Crawley, 59, West Palm Beach, Florida was sentenced to two years in prison followed by five years of supervised release for wire fraud arising from a mortgage fraud scheme. Judge Motz also ordered Crawley to pay restitution of $200,000. According to her guilty plea, from January 2005, continuing until December 2006, Crawley worked with David Lincoln, Rachel Donegan, and her son, Shawn Green to submit mortgage applications containing false representations about her income and employment, allowing her to secure loans for property at 10740 Versailles Boulevard, Wellington, Florida (valued …
Tuesday, April 29, 2008Former City Housing Director Sentenced For Straw Borrower SchemeMatthew Price II, the former Director of Housing and Economic Development for Florida City, Florida, was sentenced to 30 months imprisonment, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for his role in a conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud that deprived the citizens of Florida City of his honest services. Co-defendant Jennifer Stimpson was sentenced to six months imprisonment, to be followed by 6 months of home confinement and 3 years of supervised release, for her role in the fraud. The defendants had been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of conspiracy to …
Monday, April 28, 2008Mortgage Fraud Orchestrators SentencedRichard Weldon Crowder, II, and Gary Mark Mills were sentenced by United States District Judge Jose E. Martinez to 108 months and 46 months imprisonment, respectively. Co-defendant Karen Lynn Sullivan was sentenced to 50 months’ imprisonment. The defendants were sentenced for their roles in a multi-million dollar mortgage fraud conspiracy. According to the criminal information, Crowder is a former licensed mortgage broker and the former owner of America’s Best Mortgage Services, Inc., located in Coconut Creek, Florida. Mills is a former title attorney and the owner of Four Star …
Tuesday, April 08, 2008Guilty Plea In $6M Mortgage Fraud CaseLuis Uribe, 28, Tampa, Florida, pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft. The maximum penalty Uribe faces is thirty years’ imprisonment and a $1million fine. According to the plea agreement and court documents, from July 2006 through September 2007, Uribe committed wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. Uribe was a licensed mortgage broker in Florida and was able to originate mortgage loans. Uribe and others fraudulently submitted mortgage applications under false pretenses, obtaining and disbursing the proceeds of those loans, including …
Tax Charges Added To Mortgage FraudGregory Claude Brown was charged by a federal grand jury in West Palm Beach, Florida, with failing to timely file his federal income tax returns for the 2001 through 2005 tax years, and with income tax evasion with regard to his 1998, 1999, and 2001 through 2005 taxes. Previously, on December 11, 2007, the same grand jury charged Brown and co-defendant Monica Martinez with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and wire fraud in connection with applications for mortgages in South Florida. On February 12, 2008, the grand jury charged Brown with an additional …
Thursday, April 03, 2008Florida Title Agent Sentenced To 30 MonthsAndrea Batronie, 31, Land O’ Lakes, Florida, was sentenced to two and a half years’ imprisonment to be followed by three years of supervised release for conspiring to commit mail, bank and wire fraud. As identified in open court, Batronie conspired with defendant Luis Uribe, who pled guilty on March 27, 2008, to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. Batronie was found guilty on October 26, 2007. According to court documents, from July 2006 through September 2007, Batronie conspired with Uribe to commit mortgage fraud. Batronie was a licensed …
Wednesday, March 12, 2008Appraiser Pleads Guilty To Accepting Suggested ValuationsMartine Yanisse Castrillon, 30, Miami, Florida, pled guilty to two counts of wire fraud, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1343. Castrillon faces a statutory maximum sentence of twenty (20) years in prison on each of the wire fraud counts and a fine of up to $250,000 on each count. Sentencing is scheduled for May 22, 2008. Castrillon is one of fifteen defendants charged in a wide-ranging mortgage fraud scheme in United States v. Henry Quintero-Lopez et. al. Case No 07-60207-CR-ZLOCH, known as Operation Whose House. According to the Indictment …
Monday, March 10, 2008Fugitive Brokers Arrested In JamaicaFugitive mortgage broker Yvette Scott Patterson, 41, and her husband Delroy Patterson, 45, both formerly of Lauderhill, Florida, were arrested in the Kingston, Jamaica area by local authorities and detained based on an extradition request by the United States Government. The Pattersons’ were fugitives on an outstanding federal indictment filed in Fort Lauderdale in 2006 as part of Operation Whose House, which charged the Pattersons with conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, mail fraud, wire fraud, and identity fraud involving mortgage fraud on properties in Broward County, Florida.
Wednesday, March 05, 2008Leader Of Mortgage Fraud Ring Pleads GuiltyLazaro Villalba pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud, wire fraud and mail fraud, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1349. Villalba faces a statutory maximum sentence of twenty (20) years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000. Sentencing is scheduled for May 16, 2008, before the Honorable William J. Zloch, United States District Court Judge for the Southern District of Florida. Villalba is one of fifteen defendants previously charged in a wide-ranging mortgage fraud scheme (United States v. Henry Quintero-Lopez et. al. Case No 07-60207-CR-ZLOCH). …
Friday, February 22, 2008Florida Fraudster Sentenced To 7 Yrs And $2.3M In RestitutionJustin D. Barker, 31, Jacksonville, Florida, to seven years’ imprisonment for his participation in a mortgage fraud scheme. After his release from prison, Barker will be on supervised release for five years. Barker entered a plea of guilty to conspiracy to commit wire and bank fraud on September 24, 2007. At his sentencing, Barker was ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $2,353,339.91 and to forfeit $4,419,024.15, jointly and severally with other conspirators. As previously reported by Mortgage Fraud Blog, the scheme operated in 2005 and 2006. Barker negotiated the …
Tuesday, February 12, 20087 Guilty Pleas In Florida Mortgage Fraud SchemeA joint federal-state investigation, spearheaded by the Internal Revenue Service and the Broward County Sheriff’s Office, culminated in a 70-count Indictment, charging 15 defendants in a wide-ranging mortgage fraud scheme. This scheme yielded 12 fraudulent loans, totaling approximately $8,300,000. 7 Defendants have pleaded guilty. Maykel Clavero-Gonzalez, 30, Miami, pled guilty on January 7, 2008;
Thursday, January 24, 2008Florida AG Sues 19 Foreclosure RescuersNational Foreclosure Management, Inc., American Home Rescue, Inc., National Property Holding Group, LLC,, The Mortgage Practice, Inc., Southeast Capital Mortgage Company, Barrister Title Services, Inc., GMC Land Services of Florida, Inc., doing business as Richmond Abstract, Inc., Bernard Williams, Wyman F. Roberts, Lakeisha Marion, Anna Silva, Albert Nae, Linda Rubinchik, Rhona Oliver, Tracy Needleman, Gina Rock, John Sarlo, Dianna Brown-Flournoy, and Reina Roman have all been named defendants in a suit by Attorney General Bill McCollum. Beginning in October 2004, National Foreclosure Management – which now does business as American Home Rescue, Inc. – selected …
Tuesday, January 22, 2008Loan Originator Pleads Guilty To Mortgage Fraud SchemeMarlene Dinnall, a/k/a Marlene Henry, Marlene Angela Hall, and Marlene Morris, 48, Miramar, Florida, pled guilty to a 15-count Indictment charging her with conspiracy, mail and wire fraud, bank fraud, and numerous counts of identification document fraud. Sentencing is scheduled for May 2, 2008. According to the court documents, Dinnall was a mortgage loan originator with an office in Miami, Florida, who engaged in a scheme to enrich herself by obtaining mortgages from lenders using straw purchasers and through the submission of fraudulent documentation, including false loan applications, false employment verification forms, false …
Monday, December 24, 2007Manager Sentenced In Florida Mortgage Fraud SchemeRobert W. Hulbert, Jr., 46, Jacksonville, Florida, was sentenced to three years’ imprisonment for his participation in a mortgage fraud scheme. After his release from prison, Hulbert will be on supervised probation for four years. Hulbert entered a plea of guilty to conspiracy to commit wire and bank fraud on September 24, 2007. At his sentencing, Hulbert also was ordered to pay restitution of $1.2 million and to forfeit more than $4 million, jointly and severally with other conspirators. Hulbert, who was the manager of the Jacksonville branch of Nations Title Agency of Florida, acted …
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