Minerva Sanchez, 48, Fremont, California, a licensed real estate agent, was sentenced by Senior U.S. District Judge Anthony W. Ishii to 21 months in prison for her role in a short sale fraud scheme.
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Nadia Kuzmenko, 35, Loomis, California, Peter Kuzmenko, 36, Sacramento, California, Edward Shevtsov, 51, Sacramento, and Aaron New, 39, Sacramento, were found guilty by a federal jury of multiple counts of mail and wire fraud associated with their involvement in a straw buyer mortgage fraud scheme that cost financial institutions approximately $16 million.
Meili Lin, AKA Ally Lin, and Jyh-Chau Horng, AKA Henry Horng, were arraigned on charges of tax and mortgage fraud for allegedly filing false tax returns and submitting mortgage applications to federally insured lenders that contained materially false information.
Joshua Clymer, 28, San Francisco, California, was sentenced to two years in prison for conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud in connection with a loan origination and property flipping mortgage fraud scheme. Continue Reading…
Martin Wayne Flanders, 50, formerly of Roseville, California, and Ligia Sandoval Spafford, 48, Roseville, pleaded guilty to mail fraud for their participation in a loan modification fraud scheme that targeted distressed homeowners. The couple used Ghost offers – i.e., fictitious offers to purchase the victim’s property through short sale – and skeleton bankruptcies – i.e., sham bankruptcy petitions that were quickly dismissed, to defraud homeowners.
Delores Reeves, 59, Fortuna, California, has been indicted and charged with three counts of mail fraud and two counts of aggravated identity theft for allegedly retaining funds intended for hard money real estate loans. Continue Reading…
Leonard E. Williams, 52, Sacramento, California, was sentenced to over seven years in prison for conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud and two counts of money laundering, in connection with a mortgage fraud scheme. At sentencing, U.S. District Judge William B. Shubb stated that one factor he used in imposing the sentence was Williams’ outburst in front of the jury during trial.
Michael Pitamber Ramdat, 30, Palm Bay, Florida, was sentenced to 21 months in prison and ordered to pay restitution for a fraud scheme he perpetrated against business owners and others seeking lines of credit around the nation.
Three men and two women have been charged with committing loan modification fraud by targeting Hispanic victims throughout Southern California. Three of the defendants are family members and are charged with leading a family-run home loan modification ring and illegally charging victims for services that they did not provide.
Charles Espinel, 61, and Jeannette Espinel, 59, of both Daly City, California, a former 32 year FBI employee and his wife, were sentenced on January 14, 2015, to 90 days in prison plus six months location monitoring and 200 hours of community service for misrepresenting their income in loan applications.