The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network released its First Quarter 2012 Update of mortgage loan fraud suspicious activity reports (MLF SARs) that shows California, Nevada, and Florida leading the nation in the number of MLF SAR subjects per capita.

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Alejandro aka “Alex” Curbelo, 32, Miami, Florida, a loan officer for a Florida mortgage company, was sentenced in Miami to 54 months in prison for his role in a mortgage fraud scheme.

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Hasina Safdari, Idriss Safdari, Josue Loayza, Thomas Gomez, and Nicolas Munoz have pleaded guilty in federal court in San Francisco to conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, and false statements in connection with numerous fraudulent loan applications submitted to lenders.

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Travis Richard Hymas, 28, Cedar Hills, Utah, formerly of Meridian, Idaho, was convicted by a jury in Boise, Idaho, on five counts of wire fraud related to mortgage fraud.

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James Boyd Douglas, Jr., 42, who previously practiced law in Lee County, Alabama, was sentenced to 45 months in prison for engaging in a multimillion-dollar mortgage fraud scheme.

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Columbus Dispatch Source: Kathy Lynn Gray The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio (MCT) — Kneeling on the courtroom carpet, then shouting from the lectern, the younger sister of a former…Former state trooper sentenced to 4

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Housing Wire(Source: Financial Crimes Enforcement Network) — The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network today released its First Quarter 2012 Update of mortgage loan …USDOJ: Mortgage Fraud Summits Arm Distress

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Housing WireCalifornia and Florida still lead the nation in the number of mortgage loan suspicious activity reports, coming in first and third, respectively. Nevada has moved …

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Jenny Chi Ha, aka Phuong A. Ha, 44, Fresno, California was sentenced to 21 months in prison for her role in fraudulently acquiring two residential properties in Fresno that were used for growing marijuana. 

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Travis Richard Hymas, 28, Cedar Hills, Utah, formerly of Meridian, Idaho, has been convicted of five counts of wire fraud related to mortgage fraud. 

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