The two cases involving mortgage fraud in Ventura, California, name a total of 14 defendants, all of whom face potential sentences of hundreds of years in prison if they are convicted in the schemes that cumulatively helped unqualified and straw borrowers obtain tens of millions of dollars in fraudulent mortgage loans.
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A federal indictment in the Western District of North Carolina has charged ten individuals with various criminal counts including mortgage fraud conspiracy and bank bribery conspiracy has been unsealed upon the arrests of most of the defendants.
Drew Sharreff-El, A/K/A “Mack Ahizi”, 46, Charlotte, North Carolina, has been charged with one count alleging mortgage fraud
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Fifty-six individuals in the Northern District of California are facing mortgage fraud related charges as a result of Operation Stolen Dreams.
Nearly $44 million in losses were inflicted by the mortgage fraud schemes employed by the alleged fraudsters in the Northern District of California. Seven individuals in the District have pled guilty to mortgage fraud related crimes during the take-down that began on March 1. Two individuals have been sentenced.
The charges were announced
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Christopher B. Maselli, 38, North Providence, Rhode Island, a real estate attorney, has been indicted on charges he falsified bank and federal tax documents, and lied about his income and assets, in obtaining more than 1.5 million dollars in mortgages.
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The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Missouri announced the regional results of the nationwide takedown, Operation Stolen Dreams, which targeted mortgage fraudsters in the Eastern District of Missouri and throughout the country and is the largest collective enforcement effort ever brought to bear in confronting mortgage fraud.
The twelve mortgage fraud prosecutions in the Eastern District of Missouri between March 1, 2010, and June 17, 2010, as part of Operation
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The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) released its first analysis of suspicious activity reports (SARs) containing information about potential foreclosure rescue scams. The report, Loan Modification and Foreclosure Rescue Scams – Evolving Trends and Patterns in Bank Secrecy Act Reporting, involved an analysis of more than 3,500 SARs filed from 2004 through 2009, of which the great majority, 3,000, were filed last year. Additionally, FinCEN provided updated guidance to the
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Nine criminal Complaints have been unsealed charging 28 individuals with participating in various mortgage fraud scams that collectively sought to defraud lenders out of more than $5.5 million and involved more than 17 New Jersey properties.
Rodrigo Molina, a licensed real estate agent; Domingo Fuentes, an investor who owned multiple companies he used to purchase real estate
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George M. Eggleston, 63, Las Vegas, Nevada, has been charged with wire fraud and mail fraud in a foreclosure rescue scheme. A federal grand jury returned the indictment on June 10, 2010 and was unsealed after Eggleston’s arrest. The indictment also seeks forfeiture of all property and proceeds obtained directly or indirectly in the scheme.
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14 individuals linked to mortgage fraud operations that filed fraudulent loan applications, collected millions of dollars in fees and commissions, and caused millions of dollars in losses when the homes went into foreclosure, have been indicted. Two indictments outline schemes in which real estate professionals prepared mortgage applications that contained false information about borrowers’ income, employment, assets, and intent to occupy the properties.
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17 Defendants were arrested as part of an undercover New York operation, others charged with loan modification schemes that allegedly victimized over 240 distressed homeowners. 38 total defendants, in eight separate cases, have been indicted for allegedly engaging in various mortgage fraud scams that collectively defrauded lenders out of over $29 million in home mortgage loans, and victimized hundreds of homeowners. Among those charged are three lawyers, seven mortgage brokers, three real
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