Stephen M. Gunther, 40, Hertford, North Carolina, pled guilty in Norfolk, Virigina, federal court to wire fraud in connection with a scheme to defraud commercial mortgage lenders. Gunther entered his guilty plea before United States District Judge Raymond A. Jackson and is set to be sentenced on June 21, 2010.
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Cedric Nelson, 51, Las Vegas, Nevada, who owns and operates an accounting company, was arrested on mortgage fraud charges and is scheduled to appear in federal court for an arraignment.
Nelson is charged in a criminal indictment with two counts of wire fraud. The indictment was returned by the federal grand jury on May 25, 2011, and unsealed following his arrest.
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Paul Allen, 55, Oakton, Virginia, the former chief executive officer (CEO) of Taylor, Bean & Whitaker (TBW) was sentenced to 40 months in prison for his role in a more than $2.9 billion fraud scheme that contributed to the failure of TBW.
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Brett Matheson, 46, pleaded guilty in federal court to conspiracy to commit wire fraud in a $50 million mortgage fraud scheme based in Phoenix, Arizona. Two others have also entered guilty pleas and are awaiting sentencing.
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Alexander Kaplan, 36, Brooklyn, New York, formerly a Brooklyn-based real estate lawyer and the owner of a title insurance company, was sentenced on Friday, June 17, 2011, in Manhattan federal court to 46 months in prison by United States District Judge Richard J. Holwell for his role in a multimillion dollar mortgage fraud scheme. Kaplan was convicted, on February 6, 2009, of eighteen
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Yunus Mandli a/k/a Jonah Mandli, 63, Rockwall, Texas, a Dallas/Fort Worth homebuilder, pleaded guilty to a mortgage fraud scheme in the Eastern District of Texas. The defendant pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud on June 21, 2011 before U.S. Magistrate Judge Don D. Bush.
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Hannah Noel Perlich, 29, Minneapolis, Minnesota, a former loan officer was indicted in connection with a $3 million mortgage fraud scheme that involved six properties. The defendant was charged with six counts of wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud in connection to the crime. Perlich worked as a loan officer for two mortgage brokerage companies –
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Alonzo Jackson Brown III, 44, Fairfield, California has been indicted on nine counts in connection with an investment fraud scheme and a mortgage fraud scheme.
According to court documents, Brown is a licensed real estate broker who used that position to perpetrate a mortgage fraud scheme. Brown is accused of
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Below are brief summaries of some of the significant mortgage fraud cases in California brought since June 18, 2010:
United States v. David Crisp, et al. The indictment alleges that, from approximately January 2004 to September 2007, the defendants operated real estate businesses in Kern County through which they submitted fraudulent loan applications
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David Landman, 43, Cheswick, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of bank fraud, money laundering and aggravated identity theft in connection with a mortgage fraud scheme. The defendant pleaded guilty to three counts before United States District Judge Gustave Diamond.
In connection with the guilty plea, the court was advised that Landman, who was a
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