Cynthia T. Strand, 51, who had moved to Fort Myers, Fla., was sentenced Friday by Washington County District Judge Gregory Galler to 68 months in prison for mortgage fraud. Originally charged with nearly three

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A Richmond man was sentenced to a year in prison and two others received probation for their roles in a mortgage fraud scheme. The Lexington Herald-Leader reports the sentences were handed down Friday in US Dis

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Mortgage recipients also paid a fee to Pierce Commercial Bank. “Mortgage fraud is a modern day plague throughout the country that has burdened lenders with bad loans and neighborhoods with abandoned and

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The FBI on Thursday busted up a $58 million mortgage fraud operation based in Long Island that involved more than 100 properties in New York and Florida that were either in default or had been foreclosed upon.

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Joseph Lawrence Yorkus, 50, also was ordered to pay victims a combined $346155 in restitution for schemes related to mortgage fraud, mortgage rescue fraud, credit repair and collection enterprises. “Mr.

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WBIR-TVBy Herald-Leader Staff Report Three people were sentenced Friday in US District Court in Lexington for fraudulent efforts to obtain millions of dollars in mortgage loans from 2006 to 2009. John Howard, 4

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Two residential real estate appraisers are among 14 defendants who allegedly engaged in three separate mortgage fraud schemes involving four homes. Federal agents posed as straw buyers of houses, seeking assistance in financing and closing fraudulent mortgage transactions. 

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Six area people have pled guilty in Federal Court to participating in a multi-million dollar mortgage fraud scheme involving more than 15 homes in Northern Virginia. Loan Officer Javier Siveroni, 48, of Springf

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Micah Meyers, 32, Copiague, New York, was sentenced in Manhattan federal court to 60 months in prison for his role in a sub-prime mortgage fraud scheme involving dozens of residential mortgages that totaled more than $10 million. Meyers previously pled guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit bank and wire fraud on May 27, 2010. His sentence was imposed by United States District Judge Deborah A. Batts.

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Strike Force Busts 27

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Twenty-seven South Florida residents were indicted on charges related to a series of mortgage fraud schemes after being arrested by the US Mortgage Fraud Strike Force. The busts produced by the special task for

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