AP WASHINGTON Five California men have been charged with defrauding struggling homeowners who were seeking government mortgage help, federal authorities said. The defendants, all from Orange County…

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By Rick Daysog A federal mortgage fraud probe that has produced criminal charges against dozens of people in Sacramento’s Russian American community is spinning off new white-collar investigations. Internal…

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Hispanically Speaking News Acting US Attorney Ann Birmingham Scheel lauded the efforts of the FBI’s mortgage fraud investigators. She also confirmed the United States Attorney’s Office’s commitment to…

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The state Department of Justice plans to use up to $3 million of the $31.6 million given directly to the state of Wisconsin under the $25 billion multi-state mortgage settlement to identify, investigate and…

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Luis Belevan, Phoenix, Arizona, was sentenced on February 27, 2012, by U.S. District Judge James A. Teilborg to 60 months’ imprisonment for his role in a 2009-2010 mortgage rescue scheme that affected at least 1,800 local distressed homeowners.

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A Border Patrol agent, a Navy SEAL and their wives have pleaded guilty to fraud charges involving exaggerating their income to refinance their home mortgages, the US attorney in San Diego announced Thursday…

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By Patch Staff A foreclosed home, similar to those in the fraud scheme. A Scotch Plains man was sentenced to 33 months in prison for his role in a mortgage fraud scheme that also involved a Bloomfield man…

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Money Marketing A fraudulent mortgage broker has been sentenced to two and a half years in prison following an investigation by financial investigators from the Metropolitan Police Service. Olakunle Okubote of…

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Michael Anthony Baker, 31, Houston, Texas, the ringleader of a mortgage fraud scheme, was sentenced to 180 months in prison for his involvement in defrauding and obtaining money from lending institutions by using straw buyers to purchase homes and submitting false/fraudulent documents to lenders.

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Rasheeda M. Canty, 38, Upper Marlboro, Maryland, a former mortgage broker, has been sentenced to a one-year prison term for her role in an extensive mortgage fraud scheme involving properties in the District of Columbia and Maryland.

 

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