Everett Pope, aka Jonathan Pincuss, 38, Bolingbrook, Illinois, and Colbi Andry, aka Richard Lockwell and Rich Ingram, 38, Chicago, Illinois, who allegedly operated various loan modification businesses, have been indicted and charged with obtaining thousands of dollars in advance fees, purportedly to help individuals modify their existing home mortgage loans, but then failing to provide the services they promised.
Four defendants have been sentenced in a mortgage fraud case: Christopher Ginyard, 27, Wichita, Kansas, two years supervised release and $40,000 restitution; Henry Pearson, Jr., 29, Wichita, two years supervised release and $56,000 restitution; Henry Pearson, Sr., Wichita, two years supervised release and $55,180 restitution; and Bruce Dykes, 45, Wichita, two years supervised release and $14,872 restitution.
Rosita Vilchez, 39, Lima, Peru; Armando Pino, 53, Centerville, Virginia, currently in Peru; Edgar Vilchez, 38, Manassas, Virginia; Lorene Chittenden, 57, Centerville, Virginia; and Rocio Benavides, 28, Manassas, Virginia—have been indicted and charged with conspiracy to commit bank fraud and wire fraud affecting a financial institution and operating a continuing financial crimes enterprise.
Bryson John Russell, 66, Lincoln, Illinois, former president of a Logan County bank, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Richard Mills to serve 30 months in federal prison for embezzling more than $500,000 from Hartsburg State Bank and hiding it by creating loans in the names of various customers and relatives.
Michael Abobor, 38, Bowie, Maryland, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Peter J. Messitte to 51 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for wire fraud in connection with a mortgage fraud scheme involving intended losses of at least $2 million.
Robert Michael, 62, Chicago, Illinois, an owner of Chicago realty business who formerly was also the chief executive of a failed Chicago bank was arrested on federal bank fraud charges involving an alleged scheme to illegally provide a $650,000 mortgage for the purchase of a south side apartment building. Erroll Davis, 52, Chicago, a police lieutenant who allegedly played a role in the scheme was charged in the same indictment with federal income tax fraud.
Linda Yarleque, 44, and her husband, Fabio Moreno Vargas, 46, Westwood, New Jersey, were both convicted of one count each of bank fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
Teresa Giudice, 41, and her husband, Giuseppe “Joe” Giudice, 43, both of Towaco, New Jersey, two of the stars of the Bravo television show “The Real Housewives of New Jersey” were indicted on additional charges of bank fraud and loan application fraud.
Local Records Office, Bellflower, California, a company that allegedly preys on unsuspecting new property owners, is the subject of a Consumer Protection Act lawsuit.
Michael Angelo Munoz, 34, Bakersfield, California, pleaded guilty today to two counts of mail fraud relating to his involvement in an extensive mortgage fraud scheme that ran from January 2004 to September 2007. On November 12, 2013, co-defendant Jayson Peter Costa, 40, also of Bakersfield, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit mail fraud, wire fraud, and bank fraud relating to the same mortgage fraud scheme.