Archives For Michigan

Lorraine Brown, 51, Alpharetta, Georgia, former president of mortgage document processor DocX, pleaded guilty to racketeering for her alleged role in authorizing the fraudulent signing of mortgage documents filed in Michigan.

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Diane M. Hathaway, 58, Grosse Pointe, Michigan, a former Michigan Supreme Court Justice, pleaded guilty to committing bank fraud in connection with a property owned at 15834 Lakeview Court, Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan.

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Finlock Financial Group, LLC, is the subject of an order to immediately cease and desist from conducting unlicensed activities as a mortgage broker and lender without first obtaining a license or registering under the Mortgage Brokers, Lenders, and Servicers Licensing Act (MBLSLA).

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Jonas Rogers, 54, Detroit, Michigan, was sentenced to 78 months in prison for his role in a mortgage fraud and identity theft scheme.

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Douglas E. Brandewie, Port Huron, Michigan, a bank president, will pay $185,000 and was permanently barred from the banking industry as a result of his felony conviction for making false statements to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).

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Mario Giannandrea, 43, pled guilty to misprision of a felony admitting that he participated in a fraudulent scheme to obtain a mortgage for $1,500,000, tried to conceal the scheme from being discovered, and did not bring it to the attention of law enforcement

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Lorraine Brown, 51, Alpharetta, Georgia, former president of mortgage document processor DocX, has been charged with racketeering for her alleged role in authorizing the fraudulent signing of mortgage documents filed in Michigan. As previously reported by Mortgage Fraud Blog, Brown has already pled guilty to similar charges in Florida.

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Rickey White, 46, Westland, Michigan, was sentenced to a 23 to 40 year prison sentence for a Westland man who ran an extensive foreclosure-rescue fraud operation that may have scammed up to 400 victims.

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Eric Williams, Aaron Teachout, Isaac Modert, Mario Giannandrea, Rick Artibee, Dennis Sare and Nichole Buda, all Michigan residents, have been indicted for conspiring to commit, and committing, bank fraud in connection with a mortgage fraud scheme that occurred in the Lansing, Michigan area between 2005 and 2007.

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Ronnie Edward Duke, 45, Fenton, Michigan, pleaded guilty in connection with an extensive multi-million dollar mortgage fraud conspiracy.

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