Jabari L. Marshall, 36, Las Vegas, Nevada, who was convicted by a jury in September 2013 of conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud for his involvement in a scheme to obtain $35 million in fraudulent mortgage loans, was sentenced to 20 years in prison.
Bijan Madjlessi, 58, Mill Valley, California, David Lonich, 59, Santa Rosa, California, Sean Cutting, 44, Sonoma, California, and Brian Melland, 45, Santa Rosa, were arrested on federal charges of conspiracy, bank fraud, wire fraud, money laundering, false statements to a bank, false bank entries, and attempted obstruction of justice.
Vathany Teng, 43, and Lina Ma, 55, both of Plano, Texas, were sentenced for their roles in a loan fraud scheme they ran from August 2007 to April 2008 that resulted in the total funding of more than $3 million in fraudulent loans.
Sabah Kennawi, 50, East Hartford, Connecticut, was arrested and charged with larceny and forgery in connection with a scheme that cost homeowners seeking to modify their home mortgage loans thousands of dollars.
Eric Sijohn Brown, 46, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty to 20 counts in connection with a mortgage fraud scheme involving KREW Settlement Services.
Ki Sung Chung aka Ken Jung, 55, Norwood, New Jersey, Soon Hwa Park–Bergman, 53, Norwood, Ki Jung Yun, 51, Fairview, New Jersey, Hyang Son Yi aka Paula Yi, 56, Fairview, Dennis Oak aka Dae Sok Ok, 73, formerly of Palisades Park, New Jersey, currently a fugitive, and Beverly Oak aka Young Ae Oak, 63, formerly of Palisades Park, also a fugitive, have been charged with running an elaborate short sale fraud scheme.
Michael C. Kaufman, and his son, Richard A. Kaufman, both of Pittsford, New York, were convicted by a jury of conspiracy to commit bank fraud, bank fraud, and loan fraud. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 30 years in prison, a fine of $1,000,000, or both.
Seven individuals have been indicted in the Southern District of Florida for their alleged participation in a mortgage fraud scheme in the Miami, Florida area.
Jill Dail, 59, Cambridge, Maryland, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge J. Frederick Motz to 16 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for bank fraud in connection with a scheme in which she and her brother, Jeffrey Scott Dail, fraudulently obtained mortgage loans in the names of family members, using the proceeds for their own benefit.
William Barry Blythe, 67, Murrieta, California, has been arraigned and pled guilty to carrying out a scheme to defraud homeowners, mortgage lenders, and the U.S. Bankruptcy courts in the Southern and Central Districts of California. He also admitted that he willfully failed to adequately report over $175,000 in taxes owed on his income.