Talal Ashek, 42, Holland, Arizona, was sentenced to two years in federal prison by U.S. District Judge Neil V. Wake and ordered to pay over $2.9 million in restitution for his role in a mortgage fraud conspiracy.
Continue Reading...Three women pleaded guilty on Monday for a mortgage fraud scheme that cost mortgage lenders more than $1.9 million in fake loans. Patricia Smith and daughter Jamilah Smith of Irvington, NJ pleaded guilty…
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KGO-TV Alan David Tikal entered his plea just hours before jury selection was to begin in his trial on a 29 count grand jury indictment on mortgage fraud. Prosecutors say this plea means the 15 victims it named…
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An Albertville man was sentenced on Monday to just under 10 1/2 years in prison for his role in a mortgage fraud scheme that cost lenders more than $8 million. Federal prosecutors said his conduct caused…
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WKSU News Seventeen of the homes fell into tax or mortgage foreclosure. The fraudulent activity began when Sherman worked as an escrow officer for Titles, Etc. in 2002 and 2003. She started her company…
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Gary Pierce, 44, Edgewater, Maryland, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud in connection with a five year scheme to divert or hold mortgage payoff funds from clients’ closings on 17 Maryland properties.
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Sean DeCelle, 44, Wyantskill, New York, a foreclosure service provider, was sentenced by United States Magistrate Judge David R. Homer for stealing items from a foreclosed home.
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Charles Sammon, 35, West Pittston, Pennsylvania, formerly a practicing attorney in Boston, Massachusetts, was charged with 13 counts of wire fraud, one count of mail fraud and one count of money laundering, all in connection with a mortgage fraud scheme which took place in 2006 and 2007.
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Mortgage Daily Defendants in a range of mortgage-related criminal cases are being indicted, tried and sentenced at a breakneck pace. Alleged crimes include embezzlement, secondary fraud and mortgage fraud…
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The charge was brought forth with the help of the Maryland Mortgage Fraud Task Force, which was established to unify the agencies that regulate and investigate mortgage fraud and promote the early detection…
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