Jeffrey Charles Leroy Taylor, 40, a former Tampa Bay Buccaneers football player, pled guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge Dave Lee Brannon to charges of conspiracy to commit mail fraud and wire fraud, and mail fraud for his role in a scheme to bilk thousands of homeowners who were struggling to make their mortgage payments. .
Malgorzata Karas-Golka, also known as Margaret, 46, Newington, Connecticut, and Carmelinda Marotta, also known as Linda, 45, Manchester, Connecticut, pleaded guilty to one count of bank fraud related to an extensive mortgage fraud scam wherein the defendants falsified loan applications and HUD-1 Settlement Statements. Continue Reading…
Christopher Wayne White, 43, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, has been charged with three counts of wire fraud for his alleged role in receiving almost $600,000 from three clients, but then refusing to return the escrow deposits. If convicted, White faces a maximum penalty of twenty years in prison, five years supervised release and a fine of up to $250,000 for each count. Continue Reading…
Nationwide Consulting, LLC, and its operators, Kenneth Sandoval and Zacharia Ortiz, who were convicted for their roles in a loan modification scheme, will be repaying their victims out of restitution obtained in the criminal case.
Chad E. Foster, Theodore, Alabama, a real estate investor, pleaded guilty to his role in a conspiracy to commit mail fraud related to public real estate foreclosure auctions held in southern Alabama.
Thomas Ragonese, 55, Trumbull, Connecticut, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Robert N. Chatigny to three years of probation, the first six months of which Ragonese must spend in home confinement on electronic monitoring, for participating in a scheme to defraud a Bridgeport, Connecticut, residential property owner. He was also ordered to perform 60 hours of community service.
Eric Sijohn Brown, 46, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Kevin Joseph Franklin, 51, Albany, Georgia, and Roderick L. Foxworth, Sr., 57, Philadelphia, defendants in a mortgage fraud conspiracy involving KREW Settlement Services were sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Berle M. Schiller for their roles in the multi-million dollar scheme involving more than 100 fraudulent mortgage loans. Continue Reading…
Alex Soria, 68, Las Vegas. Nevada, and Sonia Rodis, 54, Las Vegas, each pled guilty to one count of pattern of mortgage lending fraud, a category “B” felony, in connection with a mortgage fraud scam that operated under the name BioGreen Teck, LLC.
Donald V. Totten, 58 Oakland, California, who had previously operated a lucrative mortgage business from his Rancho Santa Fe home, was sentenced to 30 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Michael M. Anello for orchestrating a host of mortgage fraud schemes.
Mohammed Rafikian, aka Mo Kian, 54, Queens, New York, has been re-sentenced to a term of 16 to 50 years in prison after being tried again and re-convicted of holding himself out as an attorney and a registered investment advisor and then stealing $5 million from seven individuals through fraudulent real estate and capital investment transactions.