Randy Lee Wilkins, 47, Gilroy, California, after a four-day trial, was found guilty by a federal jury who stayed until 5:15 p.m. to return the verdict.
Alexander A. Romaniolis, 48, Irvine, California, pleaded guilty to mortgage fraud. A federal grand jury returned the three-count indictment on March 21, 2013, charging Romaniolis with mail fraud.
Mayor Eldridge Walker is facing charges following indictment by a Sharkey County, Mississippi, Grand Jury for his alleged role in submitting false documents to Federal Home Loan Bank.
Jill Dail, 59, Cambridge, Maryland, pleaded guilty to bank fraud in connection with a scheme in which she and her brother, Jeffrey Dail, fraudulently obtained mortgage loans in the names of family members, using the proceeds for their own benefit.
Gregory Wayne Eagle, 63, Cape Coral, Florida, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge John E. Steele to six years in federal prison for bank fraud, mail fraud, and wire fraud.
Sarah Kate Henecke, 35, also known as Alessandra Valencia Toscanelli, Las Vegas, Nevada, has been indicted for her role in a mortgage fraud scheme.
Teresa Rose, Ramona, California, a real estate agent, was sentenced to 15 months in custody by U.S. District Judge John A. Houston for her role in an investment and mortgage loan fraud scheme that generated tens of millions of dollars in fraudulent loans and millions in illegal kickbacks to the participants.
Jana DeWitt and Kenneth Westfall, licensed real estate agents operating in Colorado Springs, Colorado, have paid the United States $93,500 in civil penalties to settle allegations that they engaged in deceptive conduct that violated the Financial Institutions Reform Recovery and Enforcement Act (FIREEA).
Eight people were indicted for their roles in a $40 million mortgage fraud conspiracy involving dozens of properties along Florida’s Gulf Coast.
Rudolph Silva, Concord, Calif., Thomas Bishop, Pleasant Hill, Calif., and Leslie Gee, Danville, Calif., three Northern California real estate investors, have agreed to plead guilty for their roles in conspiracies to rig bids and commit mail fraud at public real estate foreclosure auctions in Northern California.