George Gary O’Neal, 71, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, was sentenced to 57 months in prison for wire fraud in connection with three separate fraud schemes one of which involved soliciting investors to purchase real property under the guise of rehabbing the properties and flipping them.
Continue Reading...Aruna Kumari Chopra, 63, Modesto, California, was indicted by a federal grand jury and charged with two counts of mail fraud and two counts of aggravated identity theft for allegedly forging the signature of a notary on two occassions.
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The United States Attorney and the FBI created the San Joaquin Valley Mortgage Fraud Task Force in 2009 to further the prosecution of mortgage fraud cases arising out of the southern half of the Central Valley…
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A former self-proclaimed Carlsbad-based real estate consultant who fraudulently induced lenders to fund millions of dollars in mortgage loans to purchase real estate in Florida, Georgia and California was…
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Speaking at a hearing in Washington, D.C., the Appraisal Institute urged a federal judicial agency to require the use of real estate appraisals when calculating loss in mortgage fraud cases. The Appraisal Institute is the nation’s largest professional association of real estate appraisers.
Barbara Puro and co-conspirators several of whom have been sentenced for their role in the crime operated a mortgage fraud scheme that allegedly involved more than $10 million in fraudulent loan…
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By Wayne K. Roustan, Sun Sentinel The last of three people, accused of running a mortgage fraud scheme in Broward, was charged with four counts of wire fraud on Thursday, according to US Attorney…
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By Lorri Helfand, Times Staff Writer TAMPA An Oldsmar businessman pleaded guilty to mortgage fraud conspiracy charges on Wednesday in connection with a Tampa townhouse project. Richard Cartagena, 43…
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KMOX.com St. Louis, MO – John Wicker, 38, of St. Louis was sentenced to twenty four months in prison for a mortgage fraud scheme involving a residence in South St. Louis. Wicker admitted with his plea in…
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Michelle Austin-Wilks, 38, Parkland, Florida, was charged in an Information with four counts of wire fraud for her participation in a straw buyer mortgage fraud scheme. If convicted, Austin-Wilks faces up to thirty years’ imprisonment on each count.
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