Joana Sosa, 54, and Zoila Ortega, 31, both of Gardena, California, have been charged with grand theft, burglary, unlawful collection of advance fees, tax evasion and conspiracy in a wide-ranging mortgage fraud scheme.
Continue Reading...Celia Gallardo, 42, North Hills, California, a real estate agent and self-described real estate investor, has agreed to plead guilty to running a multi-million-dollar Ponzi scheme out of companies based in the Santa Clarita Valley, California.
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Paul Wagner, 56, Las Vegas, Nevada, was convicted, following a 12-day trial, of conspiracy and fraud charges for selling houses at inflated prices in order to fraudulently obtain mortgage loans and to defraud federally insured banks and lenders of more than $8 million.
Steven R. Hinz pleaded guilty to tax fraud and mortgage fraud charges in a Cleveland, Ohio, federal court.
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Eric Finger, 47, Mineola, New York, a real estate attorney, was sentenced in Manhattan federal court for his role in a $9 million mortgage fraud scheme.
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Mark Hotton, Long Island, New York, has been charged with defrauding others by fabricating the prospect of $4.5 million in financing commitments and the possibility of a $1.1 million loan.
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Anthony Pierre Williams, 45, Tennessee, pleaded guilty to mortgage fraud charges in California.
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TRENTON, N.J. – The admitted ringleader of a northern New Jersey mortgage fraud scheme has been sentenced to a decade in state prison and ordered to pay restitution. The state’s attorney general says Genilza R…
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When U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announced at an October 9 press conference that a year-long crackdown on mortgage fraud had resulted in 285 federal criminal indictments and informations against…
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Deborah Atherton, 55, Black River Falls, Wisconsin, was sentenced by Chief U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to four years and two months in federal prison for her role in a loan fraud scheme and a separate bribery scheme involving contracts awarded by the Ho-Chunk Nation.
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