Dimattia is charged with four felony counts of mortgage lending fraud; four felony counts of theft; one felony county of multiple transactions involving fraud and deceit in the course of enterprise or…

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NEW YORK – Two loan officers were sentenced in Manhattan federal court for their roles in a $9 million mortgage fraud scheme in which 12 people were originally charged and 11 have pled guilty. Frederick Warren…

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KSEEFresno Man Sentenced in Mortgage Fraud & Marijuana Grow OperationThe cultivation of marijuana in homes acquired through mortgage fraud poses dangers at many levels, said Wagner.

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Xi A. “Andy” Lieng, aka A. Xi Lieng, 43, Fresno, California, a self-employed produce broker, was sentenced to 10 years and one month for his involvement in cultivating nearly 4,000 marijuana plants in homes in Fresno and Mendocino Counties, California, that had been acquired through mortgage fraud.

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Timothy McCabe, 47, and Theresa Morales, 48, Hypoluxo, Florida, have been indicted for bank fraud.

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The U.S. Department of Justice recently announced a multimillion-dollar settlement with three men who are accused of knowingly making false statements as part of a nursing home mortgage-refinance scheme. Philip…

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Making All Homes Affordable, LLC (“MAHA”) and its owner Albert Figueroa, Phoenix, Arizona and La Paz Source, LLC, its owners, Maria Beltran and her husband, Francisco Ramos, Tucson, Arizona and their new operation La Placita Multi Services, LLC owned and operated by Beltran and an individual named Arturo Gomez Leon had lawsuits filed against them for selling mortgage modification services to distressed homeowners.

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William David (Bill) Strong, Missouri, has been convicted of securities fraud and unlawful merchandising practices for his role in the real estate investment scheme perpetrated by Greenleaf Companies and The Real Estate Company in Springfield, Missouri.

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Chad Arthur Anderson, 38, and Troy Allen Huston, 42, both of Chisago City, Minnesota, two mortgage loan officers, pleaded guilty to recruiting straw buyers to purchase properties at inflated prices and then distributing the excess loan funds among themselves, the straw buyers, and others involved in the scheme.

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Danli Liu, Fremont, California, a Northern California real estate investor, has agreed to plead guilty for her role in conspiracies to rig bids and commit mail fraud at public real estate foreclosure auctions in Northern California.

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