Sharon Michelle Thomas, 39, Otsego, Minnesota, pleaded guilty in federal court in St. Paul before United States District Court Judge Richard H. Kyle to participating in a mortgage fraud scheme that resulted in a $400,000 loss to several mortgage loan lenders. Thomas pled guilty one count of aiding and abetting mail fraud. Thomas
Continue Reading...Donna Larson, 52, Marshfield, Massachusetts has been indicted in connection with allegedly trying to delay or avoid foreclosure of a home mortgage by falsely reporting the death of a child to her mortgage company, and thereafter knowingly falsifying information in an affidavit filed in Brockton, Massachusetts Superior Court.
In September 2008, the Attorney General’s Office began an investigation after Continue Reading...
The Federal/State Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force announced results of “Operation Stolen Dreams,” the Task Force’s effort to combat mortgage fraud.
Iowa Assistant Attorney General Patrick Madigan represented Attorney General Tom Miller at the news conference at the U.S. Dept. of Justice. Miller is a leader of the State Attorneys General in the Mortgage Fraud Working Group, a key part of the broader Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force.
Miller’s office is working on
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Operation Stolen Dreams, which targeted mortgage fraudsters in the Eastern District of Texas and throughout the country is the largest collective enforcement effort ever brought to bear in confronting mortgage fraud.
George M. Baehr, Jr., 35, Dallas, Texas pleaded guilty to an Information on June 16, 2010, charging him with mail fraud. Baehr entered his plea before U.S.
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Marie Decosta Quintana, 40, North Miami, Florida, as a result of an investigation led by the Palm Beach County Mortgage Fraud Task Force. The defendant was arrested Tuesday, June 29, 2010, and made her initial court appearance in West Palm Beach, Florida.
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James Dan, 45, Annapolis, Maryland, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud in connection with a mortgage fraud scheme which promised to help homeowners facing foreclosure keep their homes, but left them homeless and with no equity.
According to his plea agreement, James Dan met an associate
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The FSA’s extension of the Approved Persons (AP) regime has been welcomed by mortgage brokers as a way to boost the credibility of the industry, stamp on mortgage fraud and protect consumers.
Manuel Ruiz Quiroz, 43, Miami, Florida has been convicted of two counts of mail fraud in connection with his submission of false documents in his applications for mortgages to refinance and purchase two homes, one at 352 SW Lakehurst Drive and the other at 866 SW Curry Street, Continue Reading...
A warning has been issued to homeowners about an alarming rise in short sale fraud across California in a field “rife with scam artists”.
A short sale is an arrangement in which a homeowner sells his or her home for less than the outstanding mortgage, with the consent of the lender.
Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. joined the California Department of Real Estate and the State Bar of California in
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On May 19, 2010, federal agents interrupted the closing on an allegedly fraudulent mortgage transaction and arrested the five defendants who were each charged with one or more counts of bank fraud in a five-count indictment returned a week before their arrest:
Daryl Fernandes, 45, and Obrian Fernandes,
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