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Surprenant, Michael Duc Han and Benjamin Lucian Lucescu all were charged with one count of obtaining mortgage loans through materially false and fraudulent pretenses. <br /> <br/> </p> <p> <strong><a href="http://www.cleveland.com/sunpress/news/index.ssf?/base/news-0/1245942423104320.xml&coll=4" target="_blank">Shaker Pair Pleads Guilty to Mortgage Fraud Charges</a></strong><br /> <em>Cleveland.com - Cleveland, OH</em> <br /> Two Shaker Heights residents recently pleaded guilty to charges involving a mortgage scheme with seven area houses and $3 million in fraudulent loans. <br /> <br/> </p> <p> <strong><a href="http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2009/06/feds-to-announce-mortgage-fraud-charges.html" target="_blank">Feds File Charges in Five Mortgage Fraud Cases</a></strong><br /> <em>Chicago Breaking News - Tribune - Chicago, IL</em> <br /> Federal charges were filed today against 37 people and four companies in five separate mortgage fraud cases. <br /> <br/> </p> <p> <strong><a href="http://www.contracostatimes.com/realestatenews/ci_12519985?nclick_check=1" target="_blank">Feds Fighting Back</a></strong><br /> <em>Contra Costa Times - Walnut Creek, CA</em> <br /> Mortgage fraud has increased so dramatically in the San Joaquin Valley that a task force of federal, state and local agencies has been formed to fight back. <br /> <br/> </p> <p> <strong><a href="http://www.prweb.com/releases/private-investigators/mortgage-fraud/prweb2482024.htm" target="_blank">Private Investigator Sees Rise in Mortgage Fraud Due to Economy</a></strong><br /> <em>PR Web - Ferndale, WA</em> <br /> In the past 12 months his firm has been retained to conduct over 300 mortgage fraud investigations, a 100% increase from 2007. <br /> <br/> </p> <p> <strong><a href="http://www.wjbf.com/jbf/news/crime/article/former_uga_nfl_football_player_arthur_marshall_charged_with_mortgage_fraud_/14270/" target="_blank">Former UGA, NFL Football Player Arthur Marshall Charged With Mortgage Fraud Claims</a></strong><br /> <em>WJBF-TV - Augusta, GA</em> <br /> He is also accused of defrauding three banks in obtaining loans for seven different properties in Columbia and Richmond Counties. <br /> <br/> </p> <p> <strong><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/10/business/10loan.html?_r=1" target="_blank">Cuomo Subpoenas Loan Modification Companies</a></strong><br /> <em>New York Times - United States</em> <br /> “The entire industry is a scam, in my opinion,” Mr. Cuomo said Tuesday. “These are services that homeowners don’t need to pay for in the first place.” <br /> <br/> </p> <p> <strong><a href="http://www.imperialvalleynews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5843&Itemid=2" target="_blank">Defendant Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud Relating to Mortgage Fraud Scheme</a></strong><br /> <em>Imperial Valley News - Holtville, CA</em> <br /> Scavitti admitted that between 2003 and August 2008 he unlawfully diverted mortgage funds that were wire transferred into his client office account to his own personal benefit, resulting in losses in excess of $2.5 million. <br /> <br/> </p> <p> <strong><a href="http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/iteam&id=6858204" target="_blank">Fed Drug Report: Double Trouble for Metro Chicago</a></strong><br /> <em>ABC7Chicago.com - IL</em> <br /> ...Chicago street gang members run a network of legitimate businesses and have engineered mortgage fraud schemes, both to launder drug proceeds... <br /> <br/> </p> <a href="/index.php/related_articles">Previous Articles</a> </div> </td> </tr> <td align="left" class="widgetheadercell"> <h3 class="boxheading">TRIAL COVERAGE</h3> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div class="sidearticlebody"> <p><i>Trial coverage provided by Anne Mitchell, Crazy Fish Realty.</i></p>    <strong>Update - US v. 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