Gregory Lashon Thomas, 42, Desoto Texas, was sentenced by Chief U.S. District Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater to 189 months in federal prison and ordered to pay $2,094,000 in restitution, following his conviction at trial in September 2012 on various offenses related to a multimillion dollar mortgage fraud scheme he operated.

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Shola Risikat Balogun, 46, Upper Marlboro, Maryland, pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit wire fraud in connection with a mortgage fraud scheme that she organized and managed which resulted in over $1.352 million of actual losses to mortgage lenders.

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PENSACOLA, Fla.  A Dutch citizen and resident of Canada pleaded guilty Friday to several tax and mortgage fraud charges, following an investigation by the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) Criminal Investigat

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Kimberly Eileen McMillian, a/k/a Kimberly Simmons and Kimberly Simmons McMillian, 45, Baltimore, Maryland; Olutoyin Oladosu, a/k/a Tony Oladosu, 53, Lanham, Maryland; and Glenroy Emanuel Day, Sr., 73, Baltimore, have been indicted on charges of conspiracy to commit and committing wire fraud affecting a financial institution, in connection with a million dollar mortgage fraud scheme.

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Stephen L. Howell, formerly of Boise, Idaho, is the subject of a civil complaint for violations of the Idaho securities laws. Also named in the suit are Security Financial Services, Inc., Security Financial Fund, LLC and Security Investors Fund, LLC, all companies owned or managed by Howell.

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William A. Hirst, Pleasanton, California, an attorney, pleaded guilty to one count of making a false statement to the Internal Revenue Service for re-drafting three missing deeds and signing his client’s name.

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The Maryland Mortgage Fraud Task Force was established to unify the agencies that regulate and investigate mortgage fraud and promote the early detection, identification, prevention and prosecution of mortgage…

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FORT WORTH — State District Judge George Gallagher has ordered the shock-probation release of a woman who has served less than two months of a 10-year sentence for a key role in a $13 million mortgage fraud…

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PHOENIX On December 20, 2012, Daniel Morar, 41, of Suceava, Romania, was arraigned on a superseding indictment charging him with six counts of wire fraud, one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, nine…

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NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth (blog) A woman who led Tarrant County’s biggest mortgage fraud ring wants out of prison. Her attorney says she needs medical treatment she can’t receive behind bars, but the Tarrant Count

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