Yvette Scott Patterson, who was recently ordered extradited from Jamaica to face federal mortgage fraud charges in the Southern District of Florida, has had an initial appearance in federal court in Fort Lauderdale. U.S. Magistrate Judge Barry Seltzer scheduled a pre-trial detention hearing for defendant Patterson for Friday, May 22, 2009, at 10:00 AM.
Ronald Aaron Chapman, Jr., 34, Washington, D.C., pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud in connection with a mortgage fraud scheme that falsely promised to help homeowners facing foreclosure keep their homes and repair their damaged credit.
According to his plea agreement, and as previously
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Micah John Beaumia, 29, was charged May 11, 2009, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, with nine counts of wire fraud and one count of money laundering in connection with a scheme to conceal payments from mortgage loan proceeds.
His indictment alleges that from 2005 through 2006 Beaumia devised the scheme
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Sammy Quick appeals from his convictions on two counts of theft, securing writings by deception, mortgage broker prohibition, and receiving stolen property. The charges arose out his participation in a foreclosure rescue scheme. Quick argued that none of the charges were supported by the sufficiency and weight of the evidence, that counsel was ineffective for failing to offer into
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Walter Edward Stuckey, Jr, 52, Martinez, Georgia, pled guilty to one count of mail fraud in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1341, in connection with a mortgage fraud scheme.
According to the guilty plea hearing in U.S. District Court before U.S. District Judge J. Randal Hall, the evidence showed that between 2002 and continuing until 2006, Continue Reading...
On Thursday, April 30, 2009, after two days of deliberations, the jury in the trial of Bonfigli v. Strachan, Sonoma County Superior Court Case No. SCV-239528, returned a verdict in favor of the defense.
Defendant Michael D. Smith was represented by lead counsel Rachel Dollar of Smith Dollar PC. Heather Bussing second chaired the majority of the trial and was assisted by Allison Tussey, both of Smith Dollar PC. Defendant Alan
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Wilbur Ballesteros, 33, Lanham, Maryland, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud in connection with a mortgage fraud scheme that falsely promised to help homeowners facing foreclosure keep their homes and repair their damaged credit.
According to his plea agreement, in May 2005, co-defendants Joy Jackson and Jennifer
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The Washington Attorney General’s Office declared a major victory for consumers this week in response to a judge’s order that a notorious foreclosure rescue scammer must pay more than $3.2 million to victims he wronged plus $179,000 in penalties for violating the Consumer Protection Act.
Thomas Duane Roderick, 42, Wesley Chapel, Florida, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Greeneville, Tennessee, charged with one (1) count of wire fraud, three (3) counts of bank fraud, and three (3) counts of money laundering. The indictment was issued on April 15, 2009, but was sealed until Roderick’s arrest in Florida on April 21, 2009. Continue Reading...
Michael Prieskorn, mortgage originator, has had his license revoked by the Minnesota Department of Commerce, who also fined him $2.2 million, for his involvement in the fraudulent sale of approximately 220 homes in new developments in high-growth areas including Eagan, Buffalo, Rochester and St. Cloud, Minnesota. Commerce
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