Thomas Bannon, 80, New York, New York; Robert Bardey, 79, New York, New York; and Theodore Sweeten, 59, Ashland, Oregon, have been indicted in $5 milliion bank fraud scheme.
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Matthew Burstein, 40, and Aaron Rabinowitz, 40, both New York attorneys, were convicted by a federal jury on ten felony counts for participating in a mortgage fraud scheme that resulted in over $25 million in fraudulently-obtained loans.
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Arthur Strasnick, 64, New Smyrna Beach, Florida, was sentenced on two counts of mail fraud and one count of identity theft.
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Mitchell Cohen, 54, Old Westbury, New York and Erin Davis, 43, Yonkers, New York, the owner and a sales manager, respectively, of Buy-A-Home, a real estate brokerage business, have been indicted for participating in a $7.5 million mortgage fraud scheme.
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Michael Raphan, 61, Oceanside, New York, was found guilty of conspiring to commit bank fraud and wire fraud in connection with a $66 million mortgage fraud scheme after a two-week jury trial.
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Joseph Mazella, Staten Island, New York, has been sentenced for running a $14 million real estate Ponzi scheme.
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Abacus Federal Savings Bank and 11 of its former employees in a false document mortgage fraud scheme resulting in the sale of hundreds of millions of dollars worth of fraudulent loans to the Federal National Mortgage Association have been indicted. An additional 8 former employees have already waived indictment and admitted their guilt in connection with this conspiracy.
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James P. Vasiliou, Jr., 46, Getzville, New York, pleaded guilty to bank fraud for his role in a mortgage scam. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 30 years in prison, a fine of $1,000,000, or both.
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Donald MacPherson, one of the prime architects of a massive mortgage fraud involving mostly Hamptons, New York, properties, was sentenced to four to 12 years in prison in Suffolk County court, New York.
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Aaron Hand, 40, plead guilty to Conspiracy to Commit Murder in the First and Second Degrees for conspiring to murder a witness who testified against him at his 2010 trial, at which he was convicted of masterminding a $100 million mortgage fraud.
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