Safieh Fard, 52, Escondido, Calif., was sentenced to 63 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Cormac J. Carney. Fard was also ordered to pay $594,000 in restitution to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for unpaid individual income taxes.
Robert M. Brannon, Laurel, Mississippi, and his son, Jason R. Brannon, Mobile, Alabama, both real estate investors, were sentenced in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama in Mobile, for their participation in conspiracies to rig bids and commit mail fraud at public real estate foreclosure auctions in southern Alabama.
Bonnie M. Gardner, 55, Apollo, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of mail and wire fraud conspiracy.
Klary Arcentales, 44, Lyndhurst, New Jersey, was indicted for her role in a long-running, large-scale mortgage fraud scheme that caused millions of dollars in losses.
Pamela Black, 65, a mortgage loan officer, also pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit bank, mail and wire fraud. She was sentenced last year to time served and three years of supervised release,…
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A 52-year-old Escondido woman has been sentenced to more than five years in prison for bank and tax fraud tied to an eight-year real estate scam, authorities said. A U.S. District judge in Los Angeles on…
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azcentral.comJerry Craig Sr., the former owner of Phoenix-based Spectrum Financial, has pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud for residential deals involving mortgage fraud, straw…
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PR Web (press release)In an effort to combat mortgage fraud and promote open government, Macomb County, Mich. recently made close to two hundred years of digitized land records more searchable for residents,…
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Chantal M. Lanton, 37, Orlando, Florida, pled guilty to two counts of making false statements to a bank in connection with her application for a residential loan and mortgage.
Robert Coyle, Sr., 68, Glassboro, New Jersey, was sentenced to 72 months in prison for a loan fraud scheme that attempted to swindle more than $10 million from three banks. He pleaded guilty to two counts of loan fraud on October 1, 2012.