George Anderson, 55, Copperopolis, California, a man who orchestrated a double escrow mortgage fraud scheme involving eight houses in the Las Vegas, Nevada area, has been sentenced to 5½ years in federal prison, three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay over $3.5 million in restitution.
Tyree Davis Sr., Flossmoor, Illinois, was arrested on an eight-count indictment charging him with obstruction of justice and filing fraudulent multi-billion-dollar liens against government employees. The indictment was returned on July 24, 2013, by a federal grand jury in Chicago.
Michael E. Kraus, 63, Medford, Wisconsin, has been indicted by a federal grand jury sitting in Madison, Wisconsin, and charged with making false statements to financial institutions concerning the extent of his liabilities.
Adorean Boleancu, 47, Napa, California, has been indicted and charged with 27 counts of bank fraud, wire fraud, money laundering, and aggravated identity theft. The indictment alleges that Boleancu executed a fraud scheme by forging more than $1.8 million in checks written on accounts of an elderly, widowed client for his personal benefit.
Oudom Somee, 46, currently in custody, but most recently a resident of Las Vegas, Nevada, who used friends and family members to serve as straw buyers to fraudulently purchase homes so he could skim part of the loan proceeds for himself, has been sentenced to 51 months in prison, five years of supervised release, and ordered to pay approximately $1.3 million in restitution.
Paul Wagner, 59, Las Vegas, Nevada, a homebuilder has been sentenced to 14 years in prison, five years of supervised release, and ordered to pay $4.4 million in restitution for selling houses at inflated prices in order to fraudulently obtain mortgage loans.
Robert G. Nelson, 40, Chicago, Illinois, was sentenced to 5½ years in federal prison for cheating about 35 victims of approximately $2.6 million in an investment fraud scheme.
Jose L. Nino de Guzman, Jr., 30, Seattle, Washington, who marketed real estate investment opportunities in Peru, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to wire fraud and money laundering for his creation and operation of a classic Ponzi scheme.
Robert Mikail, 41, formerly of Ashburn, Virginia, pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit bank fraud in connection with his role in fraudulent mortgage loan transactions involving approximately 36 properties in northern Virginia and nearly $20 million in fraudulently obtained loans.
Tammy Roaderick, 39, Largo, Florida, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Roaderick faces a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison. Her sentencing hearing is scheduled for November 7, 2013.