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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Annita Hawes, a/a “KME,” Los Angeles, California, plead guilty to an Indictment charging her with conspiracy to commit bank fraud, bank fraud, and identity theft.
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Michael Trap, San Diego, California, was sentenced on June 15, 2011, to the Bureau of Prisons for a term of 30 months as to each count, to run concurrent, 3 years of supervised release as to each count, to run concurrent, a special assessment of $100 imposed as to each count for a total of $200.00, and restitution in the amount of $460,249.
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James Toufic Assali, 36, Irvine, California, the owner of a Costa Mesa, California-based mortgage refinance company and escrow business, is charged in a large fraudulent rate-lock loan modification scheme targeting mostly out-of-state and some elderly victims. Assali is currently sought by law enforcement officers. To date, known victims are residents of California,
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Melvin Rohs, 65, Nevada City, California, was sentenced by United States District Judge Lawrence K. Karlton to 33 months in prison to be followed by five years of supervised release and ordered him to pay $533,976 in restitution.
On December 14, 2010, Rohs pleaded guilty to three counts of theft, embezzlement or misapplication of bank officer or employee and two counts of
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Larry P. Corbi Jr., 36, Buellton, California, was sentenced to 21 months in federal prison for defrauding banks by nearly simultaneously seeking home equity lines of credit from four different federally insured financial institutions.
Corbi, who resided in Marina del Rey during the course of the scheme and has since relocated to the Central Coaset, was sentenced by United States
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William Warren Baker, 59, Laguna Nigel, California, was convicted of stealing over $900,000 from investors in a Ponzi scheme by fraudulently promising to buy, refurbish, and re-sell distressed homes for a profit.
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Imelda Sanchez, 39, Nipomo, California, was arrested and arraigned on charges of orchestrating a tax scheme involving stolen identities, as well as a loan fraud scheme in which she allegedly submitted false income tax returns that overstated her income in an effort to obtain a $1.6 million loan. Sanchez was arrested at her place of business by special agents with IRS –
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David Romo, 42, Folsom, California, a real estate developer, has been indicted by a federal grand jury returned a 12-count indictment with mail fraud, wire fraud, and money laundering, related to a real estate investment scheme that defrauded investors of more than $2.5 million.
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Charles C. Jamison, 30, Citrus Heights, California, was sentenced by United States District Judge Lawrence K. Karlton to two years and eight months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release. Jamison pleaded guilty to bankruptcy fraud charges on February 16, 2011.
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