Patricia Bonavito, 59, formerly of San Francisco, California, and currently from New York City, New York, pleaded guilty in federal court in San Francisco to giving false statements in a bankruptcy proceeding.

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Paul Kramer, 43, Granger, Iowa, was sentenced on August 19, 2013, by Chief United States District Judge James E. Gritzner to 90 months in prison for wire fraud, bank fraud, and conspiracy. Judge Gritzner also sentenced Kramer to five years of supervised release following incarceration.

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Shauna Quinn, 44, Rockland, Maine, pled guilty to stealing more than $400,000 from the bank where she worked.

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Mark Hofmann, 55, San Diego, California, a real estate developer, was charged in a one-count Bill of Information with wire fraud.

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Stephen Elmer Callo, Oahu, Hawaii, has been sentenced by U.S. District Chief Judge Susan Oki Mollway for his role in the largest Hawaiian mortgage fraud conspiracy involving wire fraud and loan application misrepresentations.

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Joel Tillett, 36, Whitehall, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to four years in prison and ordered to pay restitution of $979,562.20 in connection with a mortgage fraud conspiracy.

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Bobbi Jo Wojewoda, 46, Grimes, Iowa, was sentenced by United States District Court Chief Judge James E. Gritzner to 18 months in prison for conspiracy to commit bank fraud. Judge Gritzner also sentenced Wojewoda to serve 60 months of supervised release following the completion of her prison term.

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Hoda Samuel, 62, Elk Grove, California, was sentenced to 10 years in prison for a mortgage fraud scheme that caused more than $5.5 million in losses.

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Henry J. Papale, 62, Southington, Connecticut, pleaded guilty before Senior United States District Judge Ellen Bree Burns in New Haven to federal wire fraud and money laundering offenses stemming from a mortgage fraud scheme.

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Thomas Dickson, 52, Atlanta, Georgia, has pleaded guilty to defrauding more than 50 clients out of funds that were deposited into his law firm’s trust account.

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