Citizens are encouraged to report any suspected mortgage fraud activity by calling 203-333-3512 and requesting the Connecticut Mortgage Fraud Task Force, or by sending an e-mail to ctmortgagefraud@ic.fbi.gov.
Continue Reading...Last month, state investigators arrested notary Hans Johns for theft and mortgage fraud. Now Johns insists he is guilty only by association. Johns is accused alongside two tenants who used to rent office space…
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BOSTON A Fairhaven attorney with an office in Taunton was charged today in federal court with diverting mortgage loan funds from real estate closings. Craig J Martin, 53, of Taunton, was charged…
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Robert G. Cusic Jr., Millstone, N.J., a New Jersey mortgage broker, admitted in federal court that he conspired with a New Jersey attorney and others to extort victims out of money and real property by falsely stating they were the subjects of criminal investigations.
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STAMFORD, Conn. Christian Tudorof, 43, of Stamford was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison Tuesday [in a US District Court in New Haven] for his role in a $4 million…
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John Marcus Desenberg, 44, formerly of Newbury Park, California, was arrested by FBI agents in Southern California for his alleged role in a foreclosure rescue scheme. On November 17, 2011, Desenberg was charged in a 10-count indictment alleging mail fraud.
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COLUMBIA, SC United States Attorney Bill Nettles stated today that Robert C Sasser, age 32, of Lexington, was sentenced in federal court in Columbia for wire fraud, a violation of 18 United States…
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Tucson Citizen The objective of the conspiracy was to recruit unqualified borrowers as straw buyers, submit fraudulent loan applications on their behalf and on his own behalf, obtain mortgage loans in excess of…
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Cusic and Frey were arrested in April on charges including extortion and wire fraud. Frey’s attorney didn’t return a call for comment. Cusic and Frey beginning in January 2011 falsely told four clients who…
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Charges were filed in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California in San Francisco against eight Northern California real estate investors. Each has agreed to plead guilty for their roles in two separate conspiracies to rig bids and commit mail fraud at public real estate foreclosure auctions in Northern California.
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