Alexander Kaplan, 36, Brooklyn, New York, formerly a Brooklyn-based real estate lawyer and the owner of a title insurance company, was sentenced on Friday, June 17, 2011, in Manhattan federal court to 46 months in prison by United States District Judge Richard J. Holwell for his role in a multimillion dollar mortgage fraud scheme. Kaplan was convicted, on February 6, 2009, of eighteen
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Hannah Noel Perlich, 29, Minneapolis, Minnesota, a former loan officer was indicted in connection with a $3 million mortgage fraud scheme that involved six properties. The defendant was charged with six counts of wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud in connection to the crime. Perlich worked as a loan officer for two mortgage brokerage companies –
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Below are brief summaries of some of the significant mortgage fraud cases in California brought since June 18, 2010:
United States v. David Crisp, et al. The indictment alleges that, from approximately January 2004 to September 2007, the defendants operated real estate businesses in Kern County through which they submitted fraudulent loan applications
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Richard Lawrence Veazey, 53, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of wire fraud conspiracy in connection with a mortgage fraud scheme. The defendant pleaded guilty to one count before United States District Judge Donetta W. Ambrose.
In connection with the guilty plea, the court was advised that Veazey, who was an appraiser,
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Ryan Daryl Krutzig, 31, Maple Grove, Minnesota, a real estate appraiser, and Jesse Scott Hoffman, 32, St. Cloud, Minnesota, a real estate agent, were indicted in connection with a $1.8 million mortgage fraud scheme that involved 28 properties. The defendants were charged with five counts of wire fraud in connection to the scam. In addition, Continue Reading...
James Merrill Roberts, Cedar Hills, Utah, pleaded guilty to counts 3 and 8 of an indictment charging him with a scheme to identify residential properties, recruited straw buyers, and, through false statements on loan applications, falsely inflated the apparent value of the properties to induce lenders to grant loans for amounts in excess of their fair market value.
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Thomas Gallagher, 68, West Haven, Connecticut, was sentenced on June 7, 2011, by Chief United States District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford, Connecticut, to 60 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for his participation in an extensive mortgage fraud conspiracy that defrauded lenders of approximately $4 million.
According to court documents, statements made in court and the
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Eric Rulack Farrington, 58, Irving, Texas, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Sam A. Lindsay to 132 months in federal prison for largely orchestrating a multi-million dollar mortgage fraud scheme in the Dallas, Texas area. Judge Lindsay also ordered that Farrington pay approximately $2.5 million in restitution and forfeit approximately $1.2 million to the U.S.
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Christopher M. Chiavola, 32, Chico, California, pleaded guilty before United States District Judge Edward J. Garcia to one count of mail fraud and one count of money laundering in connection with a mortgage fraud scheme allegedly orchestrated by co-defendant, Garret Griffith Gililland III.
According to the plea
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Elleni Berger, 44, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Joy Flowers Conti to three years in prison, followed by three years of probation, for her role in a mortgage fraud scheme.
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