Brian Edwards, 50, Fort Wayne, Indiana was sentenced by District Judge Jon E. DeGuilio to 21 months imprisonment, 2 years supervised release and of $400,000 in restitution after pleading guilty to the felony offense of making false statement in connection with a mortgage loan and mortgage insurance.
Daniel Rosenbledt, Hillsborough, California, a real estate investor. has agreed to plead guilty to his role in conspiracies to rig bids and commit mail fraud at public real estate foreclosure auctions in Northern California. Rosenbledt is the 36th individual to plead guilty or agree to plead guilty to bid rigging and fraud in Northern California.
Stevan John Henrioulle, 68, Oakland, California, and Ronald Veridiano Uy, 52, Pacifica, California, are recommended for disbarment by a California State Bar Court judge for involvement in a scheme to defraud struggling homeowners.
Yin Nan (Michael) Wang and Wendy Ko have been charged with fraud and an emergency asset freeze was levied against a group of Pasadena, California-based companies at the center of an ongoing real estate investment scheme.
Vincent Robert Eppstein, 49, San Jose, California, was convicted of embezzling more than half a million dollars from his good friend, while she was away in a long-term rehab program. The defendant refinanced her real estate and payed off his own mortgage with her money, among other things.
Blair Christopher Hanloh, 50, Long Beach, California, was convicted of stealing over $3.5 million in a fraudulent scheme by falsely transferring residential property deeds and fraudulently renting out houses.
Michael Wilkerson, 47, Pottstown, Pennsylvania, was sentenced yesterday to 170 months in prison and ordered to pay $1,353,111.93 in restitution for a mortgage fraud scheme. Wilkerson and his co-defendants defrauded JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. by fraudulently obtaining home loans valued at more than $6 million for properties located in Schwenksville and Glenmoore, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
Joseph N. Gagliano, 45, Phoenix, Arizona, was sentenced to 30 months in prison and ordered to pay $2,903,010.26 in restitution by U.S. District Court Judge G. Murray Snow.
Everett Pope, aka Jonathan Pincuss, 38, Bolingbrook, Illinois, and Colbi Andry, aka Richard Lockwell and Rich Ingram, 38, Chicago, Illinois, who operated various businesses at multiple Chicago area locations since at least 2009 are facing federal fraud charges for allegedly charging 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.
Lester Soto, 57, Freehold, New Jersey, owner of a mortgage company that was responsible for a long-running, large-scale mortgage fraud that caused losses of more than $30 million admitted his role in the scheme.