Todd Joyce, 38, Hurricane, Putnam County, West Virginia, was sentenced to 18 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Thomas E. Johnston on federal mortgage fraud and tax evasion charges. He will also serve five years on supervised release after his prison term. As previously reported by Mortgage Fraud Blog, Continue Reading...
Gina Marie Tarallo, 44, formerly of Rancho Cucamonga, California, was sentenced on April 14, 2011, to 365 days in the county jail as part of a plea agreement. The court ordered restitution. Tarallo pleaded to one felony count of Grand Theft and one felony count of Filing a Forged Document with the County Recorder’s Office.
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John Bryk, 61, Trumbull, Connecticut, waived his right to indictment and pleaded guilty before United States District Judge Janet C. Hall in Bridgeport to one count of conspiracy to make a false statement in a Department of Housing and Urban Development transaction.
A U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Uniform Settlement Statement (HUD-1) is an official financial statement reflecting how money is to be distributed
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Ijeoma Okoh, 32, Newark, New Jersey, a former employee of the Essex County Division of Welfare was sentenced for falsifying employment records in order to qualify for a $357,050 loan to buy a home in Newark, New Jersey. Okoh was sentenced to two years of probation by Superior Court Judge Michael L. Ravin in Essex County.
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Richard Wayne Hope, 53, Denham, Louisiana, formerly of Hagerstown, Maryland, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bank fraud in connection with a $1.75 million loan he obtained on behalf of a company.
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Dema Daiga, 29, College Park, Maryland, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Marvin C. Garbislate to 65 months in prison followed by 3 years of supervised release for defrauding a mortgage lending company in connection with six Baltimore, Maryland, properties. Daiga‘s sentence also included two counts of aggravated identity
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Morris Olmer, 82, New Haven, Connecticut, was found guilty of one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States, eight counts of wire fraud and four counts of making false statements.
Rab Nawaz, 47, Waterford, Connecticut, was found guilty of one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States, eight counts of wire fraud, and one count of obstruction of justice.
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A loan officer and five straw buyers/investors were charged in federal court via a criminal information for their roles in a mortgage fraud scheme involving 26 properties throughout the Cleveland, Ohio, area and more than $7.5 million in mortgage loans:
Jeffrey S. Brown, Jr., 30, Cleveland, Ohio, a loan officer;
Rolante
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Six men were indicted by a grand jury on 10 counts involving charges that they stole more than $2.6 million from lenders by filing fraudulent mortgage loan applications. Those charged in the indictment are:
Jonathan P. Domash, 40, Marlboro, New Jersey;
Diversified Assets, Inc., owned and operated
William S. Poff, 37, Marshall, Michigan, a former resident of Washington State, was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Seattle, Washington, to 135 months in prison, five years of supervised release and $4,258,529 in restitution for 30 felony counts of conspiracy, bank fraud and money laundering offenses. Poff was tried and convicted of the charges in March 2010.
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