Stacy Harrold, 43, was sentenced to 75 months in prison, ordered to pay $1,000 to a California man whose identity they stole as part of the scheme and pay a fine of $10,000. David Schoenhofen, 43, was sentenced to 54 months in prison and was ordered to forfeit a rental home. The final member of the group who was found guilty of criminal racketing in the mortgage fraud case, Eric Bernard, will be sentenced Nov. 1, 2011. Prosecutors are seeking a 150 month prison sentence.
Continue Reading...A former Dixon businessman sentenced to prison last year for bank robbery has been charged with mortgage fraud. A federal grand jury in Sacramento today returned a two-count indictment charging Hubert Rotteveel…
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Latin American Herald Tribune(AP) — A New York woman has pleaded guilty to multimillion-dollar mortgage fraud charges involving more than 40 homes in Bridgeport. The Connecticut Post reports that Marlee…
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AP CAMDEN, NJ A federal jury has convicted a Bronx, NY, woman of running a mortgage fraud scheme in Atlantic City that reaped her more than $1 million. Jong Shin faces up to 30 years in prison and $1…
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A Bettendorf attorney implicated in mortgage fraud scheme will serve three years of probation after admitting that he had knowledge of a crime and didn’t report it to authorities. Paul Bieber, 57, who practices…
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Brenda Lukenich, 60, Hughesville, Maryland, pleaded guilty to mail fraud arising from a scheme to defraud lenders and a title insurance company of $1.7 million. Two co-defendants are scheduled for trial on November 7, 2011.
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According to the FTC, about 30 mortgage modification scam operations have been prosecuted in the last 18 months. Ever since the housing crisis began, these scams have been very popular…
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A federal grand jury has indicted a Highland couple for allegedly committing mortgage fraud by using straw buyers to get loans on high-end homes at falsely inflated prices. Portia R. Louder, 40, faces three…
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Deborah Kitay, 53, Leetsdale, Pennsylvania, was sentenced by United States District Judge Joy Flowers Conti to 18 months in prison for her participation in a mortgage fraud conspiracy involving loan application misrepresentations and appraisal fraud.
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To date in 2011, more than a dozen people have been charged federally with mortgage fraud and related crimes in the District of Minnesota.
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