Mohamed Mahmow, 34, Syracuse, New York, was sentenced to 63 months imprisonment for fronting drugs to addicts whom he knew owned real property. Once the addict had incurred a sufficiently substantial drug debt, Mahmow would require the addict to sign over any real property they owned.
Continue Reading...Anthony J. DeMarco, III, 33, Conshohocken, PA, was sentenced to 25 years in prison for conspiracy and fraud charges in connection with a mortgage fraud scheme involving more than $30 million in loans.
Paul L. Hartfield, 56, Overland Park, Kansas, has been sentenced to 78 months in federal prison on bank fraud charges. He was ordered to pay approximately $2.6 million in restitution.
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17 defendants have been charged with racketeering, investment fraud, mortgage fraud, bank bribery, and money laundering. 14 additional defendants have agreed to plead guilty in connection with the latest criminal charges resulting from “Operation Wax House,” a mortgage fraud investigation.
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Edna Ledoux Jamieson, 44, Moneta, Virginia, a real estate agent, who pled guilty to tax charges related to money she earned through her participation in a mortgage fraud scheme, was sentenced in the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia.
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Steven Llloyd Knudsen, 50, Malta, Montana, appeared for sentencing for his role in defrauding a lender. Knudsen was sentenced to a term of 35 months in prison, a special assessment in the amount of $200, restitution in the amount of $948,555.11 and Supervised Release for 3 years.
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Sean McClendon, 46, West Sacramento, California, pleaded guilty to mortgage fraud charges arising from home sales in the Sacramento, California, area.
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Michael Pouls, 50, Gladwyne, Pennsylvania, was charged by information with fraudulently inducing National Penn Bank in 2007 and the former Wilmington Bank in 2008 to lend him a total of $13.35 million on the basis of fraudulent securities statements.
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John Lebron, 33, Tampa, Florida, Patricia Lebron, 36, Tampa, and Paul Gogolewski, 31, Tampa, were found guilty of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and wire fraud. John Lebron was also found guilty of making false statements to financial institutions.
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Source: Sacramento Bee (blog)