Bank of America will pay $500 million to settle lawsuits by investors nationwide, including the Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund, against Countrywide Financial Corp.
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David Romo, 42, Folsom, California, was sentenced by United States District Judge Garland E. Burrell, Jr. to 10 years and one month in prison for mail fraud related to a real estate investment scheme that defrauded investors of more than $6.9 million.
Mohammed Rezaian, Novato, California, a real estate investor, has agreed to plead guilty for his role in conspiracies to rig bids and commit mail fraud at public real estate foreclosure auctions in Northern California.
Baljit Singh, 47, and Sharanjit Kaur, 36, both of Fresno, California, were sentenced by United States District Judge Lawrence J. O’Neill sentenced for conspiring to commit mail and wire fraud.
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Seven people were charged with mail fraud, wire fraud, and making false statements in connection with a mortgage fraud scheme involving the purchase of at least 23 homes.
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Stephen B. Lopez, 57, Lafayette, California, was arrested on Thursday, March 28, 2013, on mail fraud, wire fraud and money laundering charges for allegedly misrepresenting assets to lenders.
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Alexander A. Romaniolis, 48, Irvine, California, was arrested in Huntington Beach, California, for mortgage fraud relating to an alleged straw buyer scheme.
Armando Granillo, 44, Huntington Beach, California, a former sales associate with Fannie Mae, was named in a federal grand jury indictment that accuses him of taking kickbacks from a real estate broker in exchange for providing him with foreclosed properties to sell on behalf of the mortgage agency.
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Ronald Wesley Groves, 71, Sacramento, California, was sentenced to 10 years in prison and Donald Charles Mann, 56, Sacramento, was sentenced to 17 years and six months in prison for retaliating against a prosecutor and FBI agents.
Myra Holmes, Vallejo, California, was convicted by a federal jury of one count of Bankruptcy Fraud, one count of Bank Fraud, and three counts of Making a False Statement to a Bank.
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