Charges have been unsealed against 41 defendants, in eight separate cases, for allegedly engaging in various mortgage fraud scams that collectively defrauded lenders out of more than $64 million in home mortgage loans on more than 100 properties across New York State. Among those charged are six lawyers, seven loan officers, three mortgage brokers, an accountant, and a residential property appraiser.
As part of the coordinated takedown
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Sabrina Weinberg, 44, Bethesda, Maryland, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge J. Frederick Motz to two years in prison followed by three years of supervised release for mail fraud arising from a multi-million dollar mail fraud scheme to purchase numerous properties in Maryland, Virginia and Washington, DC, using fraudulent
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Kara McIntosh, 47, Bethesda, Maryland, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge J. Frederick Motz to three years in prison followed by three years of supervised release for mail fraud arising from the fraudulent purchase of properties in Maryland and the District of Columbia using false mortgage documents. Judge Motz also
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Ebhomielen and the other defendants participated in a scheme to obtain large mortgage loans from Flaherty Funding by submitting false information and documents to Flaherty Funding during the mortgage loan approval process.
Cindy Tilley Greer, 51, Clarendon, North Carolina, was sentenced by United States District Judge W. Earl Britt to 36 months’ imprisonment followed by three years of supervised release. A day later, on October 6, 2009, Stanley Garfield Williams, Jr., 38, Bolivia, North Carolina, received 70 months’ imprisonment followed by five years supervised release and a fine
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Jason Bloom, 39, Mt. Laurel, New Jersey, was sentenced to 90 months in prison for wire fraud stemming from a scheme to defraud homeowners, lenders, title insurance companies, and the City of Philadelphia of approximately $1,730,874. Bloom engaged in this scheme from at least March 2004 through January 2008, acting as a settlement agent and title insurance agent for real estate
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More than $1,370,000 in civil penalties and restitution has been gained for consumers as a result of two mortgage fraud lawsuits filed earlier this year by the Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard.
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In March 2009, Goddard filed a lawsuit on behalf of his office and the Arizona Department of Financial Institutions against an alleged foreclosure rescue operation believed to have defrauded some 270
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Robert B. Guest, Jr., 46, resident of St. Augustine, Florida, who resided in Orlando at the time of the events in the case, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Myron H. Thompson to 50 months in federal prison for his role in a mortgage fraud scheme.
On June 18, 2008, Guest pleaded guilty to a one-count felony information charging him with conspiracy to make false
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Kristen Anne Way, 32, Houston, Texas area resident, has been convicted by a jury for conspiracy to commit wire and mail fraud, wire fraud, conspiracy to commit money laundering, engaging in a monetary transaction in criminally derived property and money laundering.
Way was a loan officer at Consumer Direct Mortgage in 2005
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A seven-count Indictment has been unsealed charging 12 individuals-including mortgage brokers, loan officers, and attorneys-with engaging in a scheme to defraud various lending institutions by using fictitious identities and documents to obtain more than $9 million in residential mortgages. All 12 defendants have been arrested and are expected to be presented in federal court.
The defendants are alleged in the Indictment to have played the following roles in the mortgage fraud
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