Thursday, April 08, 2004
Eleven Indicted in Illinois Mortgage Fraud Scheme
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An Illinois grand jury indicted the following individuals:
Jan Rozycka, aka Jan Rozycki, aka John Hanus, aka Jarek, aka John Krzinski
Ignacy Kondrad, aka Piotr Poltorak, aka Jan Jestal
Waldemar Wilkiewicz aka Robert Karolkiewicz
Michael Skatulski aka Michael Novak
Magdalena Banasik
Robert Karolkiewicz
Zbigniew Recko, aka Robert Karolkiewicz, aka Tomasz Wozny, aka Tomasz Romanzuk, aka Tomasz Godowski aka Bradley Anatol Wawreniuk aka Roman Parczewski
Ioan Corsiuc
Bozena Sauciuc
Dorothy Kawa
Julita Uramowska aka Julie Smalley
The thirty-seven count indictment charging wire fraud, mail fraud and money laundering, alleges that the defendants engaged in a scheme to defraud financial institutions and lenders and to obtain money, funds, credit and property belonging to the lenders by means of false representations. According to the indictment the defendants obtained more than $9,000,000 from lenders by arranging and executing fraudulent real estate closings though the use of false buyers and sellers, false identification documents and false lien releases. In addition, the indictment alleges that Jan Rozycka appeared at closings and falsely represented that he was an attorney representing property buyers or sellers and/or that he was an employee of a mortgage broker.
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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. 
