Kessler Holzendorf, 43, Jacksonville, Florida, was found guilty of conspiracy, multiple counts of mail fraud, and multiple counts of wire fraud, in connection with his involvement in a large-scale mortgage fraud scheme.

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Stephen Kenneth Chrysler, Orange County, California, an attorney, was sentenced to serve 37 months in prison for his role in an $8 million mortgage fraud scheme involving 16 homes. His mother, Aida Agusti Castro, Carlsbad, California, a real estate broker, was also sentenced for her role in the scheme, received a 33-month prison sentence.

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Three separate suits have been filed in federal court to halt the allegedly deceptive tactics of three operations that preyed on distressed homeowners by falsely claiming they could save their homes from foreclosure, and then charging them thousands of dollars up-front, while delivering little or no help and often driving them deeper into debt.

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17 defendants were charged in six criminal cases with felony offenses in the Eastern District of California during the fiscal year that closed September 30, 2012. These cases involved thousands of homeowner victims, and losses estimated by law enforcement to exceed $9 million.

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A federal jury in New Haven found 49-year-old William A. Trudeau, Jr., of Westport, guilty of conspiracy and wire fraud offenses stemming from his participation in a Fairfield County mortgage fraud scheme…

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William A. Trudeau, Jr., 49, Westport, Connecticut, has been found guilty of conspiracy and wire fraud offenses stemming from his participation in a Fairfield County mortgage fraud scheme.

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CBS Local More defendants were charged with federal mortgage fraud crimes in this district than any other district in the country, said Benjamin Wagner, the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern…

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Arthur Seaborne, Sarasota, Florida, a mortgage broker, was indicted on 11 counts of bank fraud in connection with a mortgage scam operated between March 2003 and July 2008.

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Rene Solis, 52, Los Angeles, California, has pleaded guilty to three counts of felony foreclosure consultant fraud arising out of a fraudulent home loan modification and foreclosure rescue program called Sunset Beach Management (SBM).

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Luis Perez De Leon and Mario Macias were charged in July with 10 counts of grand theft and nine counts of mortgage securities fraud, the criminal complaint stated. De Leon was also charged with failure to…

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