Jeffrey Ryan Ayers, 29, Lithia, Florida was arrested charged with racketeering, conspiracy to commit racketeering, and grand theft in connection with a multi-million dollar mortgage fraud scheme that has victimized dozens of people since 2004.
Ayers worked for Advanced Mortgage Solutions, a mortgage broker company associated
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Douglas Lee Carter, 63, Marco Island, Florida, who posed as a billionaire and a real estate tycoon, was arrested on a felony warrant charging him with scheming to defraud three people in separate real estate deals in Collier County, Florida. According to media Continue Reading...
Sergej Tews has been sentenced to 33 months in prison, to be followed by 3 years of supervised release in connection with his participation in a complex foreclosure fraud scheme in which he filed and foreclosed on false mortgages. In addition, Tews was ordered to pay $635,966.20 in restitution, and to forfeit certain monies and his interest in certain property. As Continue Reading...
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.
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...
John A. Yanchek, 49, Sarasota, Florida, was sentenced by United States District Judge James D. Whittemore to five years in federal prison for a conspiracy to commit loan fraud, bank fraud, and money laundering. The court also ordered Yanchek to forfeit $7.6 million. Yanchek had pleaded guilty on February 4, 2009.
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Michael A. Tringali has been sentenced to 41 months in federal prison for conspiracy to commit loan fraud, bank fraud, and money laundering. A forfeiture judgement in the amount of $6,925,522 was ordered by Judge Whittemore. Restitution will be determined in a future hearing. As previously reported on Mortgage Fraud
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Martha Aleman was found guilty by a Miami, Florida jury on a three count indictment, first returned in 1993, charging her with conspiracy to commit bank fraud; bank fraud; and making false statements to a federally insured lending institution. Sentencing is scheduled before U.S. District Judge Adalberto Jordan for June 9, 2009.
According to the evidence presented during trial, from approximately February 6 to March 12, 1990,
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FMA Servicing, Inc., Orlando, Florida, a loan modification company, has been temporarily enjoined by the Orange County Circuit Court from charging up-front fees to homeowners for loan modification services. According to the order, FMA Servicing must comply with written notice requirements contained in the Foreclosure Rescue Fraud Prevention Act.
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John A. Yanchek, 49, Sarasota, Florida, a practicing attorney licensed by the State of Florida, pleaded guilty before Magistrate Judge Thomas B. McCoun III to three counts of a 47-count Indictment charging four individuals with conspiracy, making false statements in connection with bank loans, scheming to defraud several FDIC – insured banks, and money laundering. Mortgage Fraud Blog Continue Reading...
