A federal grand jury indicted mortgage broker Joshua S. Goldberg today, alleging he helped steal $2.5 million from various lenders through a mortgage fraud scheme in Baltimore. City Paper first outlined the…
Continue Reading...Hoda Samuel, 60, was convicted of conspiracy to commit mortgage fraud and of 30 individual counts of mail fraud, said Lauren Horwood, spokeswoman for the U.S. Attorney, Eastern District of California. Samuel…
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Raquel DeJesus Martinez, Miami-Dade County, Arizona, who previously worked as a title agent, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Donald M. Middlebrooks to 24 months in prison, to be followed by 3 years of supervised release, in connection with a scheme to commit mortgage fraud at The Jade apartment complex on Brickell Bay Drive in Miami.
Deborah L. Kistner, 50, and her husband, Mark A. Kistner, 52, both of Hilliard, Ohio, pleaded guilty three days after their trial started on a $7 million mortgage fraud scheme they carried out between June 2006 and July 2010.
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Remember when it was revealed that Lindsey Hunter was being investigated by the FBI for mortgage fraud? (If you need a refresher — this happened in 2008, after all — read this and this.) Turns out that’s…
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A Dallas man accused of leading a large mortgage fraud ring went on trial in San Antonio on Tuesday in connection with a scheme that left lenders holding the bag for more than $50 million in bad loans. Robert…
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(Source: FBI) – BALTIMORE A federal grand jury indicted Joshua S. Goldberg today on charges of conspiracy to commit and committing wire fraud in connection with a mortgage fraud scheme in which fraudulent…
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Alan Ritter, 70, Monsey, New York, a self-employed accountant, was sentenced in Manhattan federal court to three years in prison in connection with his operation of an 11 year, $6 million Ponzi scheme whereby he defrauded investors by falsely telling them that he intended to use the money to invest in real estate ventures.
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Harriet M. Taylor, 57, Ellicott City, Maryland, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge William D. Quarles, Jr. to two years in prison followed by five years of supervised release for wire fraud in connection with a scheme to use over $1.5 million in mortgage closing funds for her personal use and to operate her title companies.
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Schelton Assoumou of Brooklyn, New York, a real estate developer, was arrested on charges of bank fraud and wire fraud for his participation in a multi-year mortgage fraud scheme. The defendant’s initial…
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