Desiree Brown, 45, Hernando, Florida, the former treasurer and the former president of Taylor, Bean & Whitaker (TBW) were sentenced today to 72 months in prison and 30 months in prison, respectively, for their roles in a more than $2.9 billion fraud scheme that contributed to the failures of Continue Reading...
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Ronald Harris Jr., 41, Piscataway and West Orange, New Jersey, who owned and operated multiple foreclosure rescue companies, admitted his role in a mortgage fraud scheme that defrauded numerous mortgage lenders of over $10 million.
Harris pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge Patty Shwartz to an Information
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Joseph Sindaco, 63, an attorney from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, has been sentenced on a mail fraud charge in connection with his embezzlement of funds from clients’ trust account. U.S. District Judge James Cohn sentenced Sindaco to 48 months in prison and ordered him to pay more than $3,879,896 in restitution to the victims. Continue Reading...
Berta Sanders, 61, Miami Lakes, Florida, a Certified Public Accountant, was sentenced before U.S. District Court Judge Paul C. Huck to 52 months’ imprisonment, 5 years of supervised release, and restitution in the amount of $31 million.
From approximately November 2005 through March 2008, Sanders conspired to submit false loan applications to Continue Reading...
Anson Joachin, 39, Parkland, Florida, was sentenced to 41 months’ imprisonment, to be followed by three years of supervised release for his role in a multi-million dollar mortgage fraud scheme. In addition, U.S. District Judge Ursula Ungaro ordered Joachin to pay $2,352,310 in restitution.
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Victor Cedeno, 26, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Mary S. Scriven to five years in federal prison for his participation in a mortgage fraud conspiracy and for engaging in money laundering. In civil forfeiture proceedings, the Court ordered Cedeno to forfeit in excess of $1.3 million, which are traceable to proceeds of the offense.
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Alfio Paulo Puglisi, 42, formerly of Melbourne, Florida, was sentenced to 51 months in federal prison for conspiracy to commit wire fraud, followed by 3 years supervised release, and restitution in the amount of $1,453,609.73. Puglisi pled guilty to the charge on August 31, 2010.
According to court documents, in May 2007, the Federal Bureau of Investigation determined that 13
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Daniel Duffy, 34, Sebastian, Florida, has been sentenced to seven years and three months in federal prison for aggravated identity theft and conspiracy to commit mail, wire, and bank fraud. As part of his sentence, the court also entered a money judgment in the amount of $4,861,058.70, the proceeds of the conspiracy to commit mail, wire, and bank fraud. Duffy pled guilty on March
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Peter Bakowski, 59, Tampa, Florida, has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Virginia Hernandez Covington to one hundred and eighty eight months (15 years 8 months) in federal prison for false statements related to a ponzi-type mortgage fraud scheme. He was also ordered to pay $16.1 million in restitution.
According to court documents, Bakowski was a Florida-licensed
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James B. Hayes, 57, Boca Raton, Florida, an attorney, pled guilty to a criminal information charging him in two counts of making false statements on a HUD-1 Settlement Form, a matter within the jurisdiction of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1001.
According to the criminal information and statements made in court during the plea hearing,
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