Mary Armstrong, a fugitive unlicensed loan broker from California, was arrested in Las Vegas, Nevada. The indictment charges Armstrong, a real estate agent Teresa Rose, and Armstrong’s assistant William Fountain with devising and executing a mortgage loan origination fraud and kickback scheme.

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Christopher Jon Andrews, 53, Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota, was indicted on July 10, 2012, in connection with soliciting buyers to purchase properties at inflated prices in a multi-million-dollar mortgage fraud scheme.

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CHICAGO (CN) – Two Chicago attorneys were sentenced to long prison terms and ordered to forfeit $4.7 million for a $5.5 million mortgage fraud, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said. Charles Murphy, 65, of Chicago, w

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GPB The state remains in the top 10 of the LexisNexis Investigation Mortgage Fraud Index for the fifth straight year.Fewer mortgage fraud cases being reported Fort Wayne Journal GazetteMortgage Fraud Persists GP

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Tampa, Florida – United States Attorney Robert E. O’Neill announces the unsealing of an indictment charging Jesus Sira (32), Nestor Urdaneta (29), Maria Urdaneta (32), and Vanessa Urdaneta (28) with one count o

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WASHINGTON Michael Raphan, 61, of Queens, New York, was found guilty of conspiring to commit bank fraud and wire fraud in connection with a $66 million mortgage fraud scheme, Preet Bharara, the United…

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Last September, federal authorities released an 18-count indictment charging Morris with wire fraud, bank fraud and conspiracy, alleging that Morris was one of the leaders in a scheme to secure false appraisals…

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Charles Williams, 37, McKinney, Texas; Jarrod Williams, 33, McKinney, Texas; Julius Williams, 41, McKinney, Texas; Jemilat Williams, 33,  Missouri City, Texas; and Christopher Carter, 33, Leicester, England, have been indicted for their roles in a combination foreclosure rescue/drug distribution scheme.

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Jesus Sira, 32, Nestor Urdaneta, 29, Maria Urdaneta, 32, and Vanessa Urdaneta, 28, Florida, have been indicted on one count of conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud in relation to a mortgage fraud scheme.

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Bradford J. Rieger, 56, Woodbridge, Connecticut waived his right to indictment and pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud, wire fraud and bank fraud. The charge stems from Rieger’s role as a closing attorney in a multimillion dollar mortgage fraud scheme in New Haven, Connecticut.

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