Scott Eric Perry, 35, Brookwood, Alabama, was sentenced to 18 months in prison on false statement charges related to an almost $750,000 mortgage fraud scheme in the Birmingham, Alabama area.
Continue Reading...Detroit – The ringleader of one of the largest mortgage fraud rings to ravage the country pleaded guilty in federal court on Thursday and faces a lengthy prison term.
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Gaetano Antonell, 62, Brooksville, Florida, has been arrested and charged with organized fraud for his role in a foreclosure rescue scam. The defendant persuaded homeowners to deed their properties to him then he would list the properties on Craigslist for sale.
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Jason Dade, 37, Chicago, Illinois, a licensed real estate agent and the owner of Round Table Enterprises, Inc., Cheryl Ware, 47, Shorewood, Illinois, a licensed loan originator, Tiffini Chism, 36, Glenwood, Illinois, also a licensed loan originator, and Tamika Peters, 34, Country Club Hills, Illinois were indicted for allegedly participating in a scheme to fraudulently obtain at least 42 residential mortgage loans totaling approximately $9.1 million from various lenders.
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RESTON, Va., July 5, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — A new foreclosure rescue scam promises to help distressed homeowners reveal the actual owner of a promissory note through a “securitization audit.”
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Paul R. Tomko, 39, Cleveland, Ohio, a former paid cooperator for a federal law enforcement agency, is the subject of an eight-count indictment for mortgage and student aid fraud.
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A federal grand jury has indicted four people in the Chicago area on charges they fraudulently secured dozens of residential mortgage loans worth $9 million.Four Defendants Indicted in Alleged $9.1M Mortgage Fr
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Source: Sam Stanton The Sacramento Bee, Calif. (MCT) — Benjamin Wagner, the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of California, was in The Bee newsroom.and more »
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Paulo Montenegro, 45, and his wife, Rosana Pereira, 48, Weston, Massachusetts, have been sentenced in connection with fraudulently obtaining tens of thousands of dollars in Section 8 public housing subsidies and defrauding mortgage lenders.
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Joann Smith, 47, and her boyfriend, Wayne Betha, 42, Ewing, New Jersey, who ran a real estate firm, pleaded guilty to stealing from home sellers by diverting proceeds from home sales, and also defrauding mortgage companies by falsifying the earnings of loan applicants.
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