Patrick Charles Thomas, 55, Cut Bank, Montana, appeared on charges of violation of the False Claims Act, conversion of secured property, and federal loan fraud/false writing. He is currently released on special conditions.
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Mary Brainard, 60, Seneca Falls, New York, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci to wire fraud affecting a financial institution. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 30 years in prison, a fine of $1,000,000, or both.
Fred Haywood, 42, Chicago, Illinois, a former loan officer, was sentenced to more than 12½ years in federal prison for engaging in a mortgage fraud scheme involving 65 real estate transactions with properties located mostly in economically-depressed neighborhoods, which netted him personally more than $700,000.
Mark P. Troehler, 38, Herrin Illinois, was indicted by a federal grand jury sitting in Benton, Illinois, on May 9, 2013, and charged with Bank Fraud.
Kenneth H. DiPasquale, 38, Morgantown, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 42 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for his role in a series of fraudulent mortgage loan transactions, including one in which he stole an individual’s identity and “sold” that individual his home for a nearly $320,000 profit.
Daniel A. Vivas, 40, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 27 months in prison for his role in a bank fraud conspiracy that caused more than $2.5 million in losses to various banks and mortgage lenders.
Vincent J. Garcia, 61, Albuquerque, New Mexico, a real estate developer, was sentenced to 27 months in federal prison followed by five years of supervised release for his bank fraud conviction. Garcia also was ordered to pay $722,543.76 in restitution to the banks that were the victims of his criminal conduct.
Michael A. Zimmerman, 56, Dover, Delaware, is the subject of new charges when a federal grand jury released a superseding indictment with additional fraud and money-laundering offenses.
Linda Kay Miller, 51, Alma, Kansas, has been sentenced to two years federal probation and ordered to pay a $5,000 fine for mortgage fraud.
John Leadbeater, 54, Kearny, New Jersey, and Daniel Cardillo, 49, Wildwood, New Jersey, have been indicted and charged as alleged conspirators in a $13 million mortgage fraud scam that used phony documents and straw buyers to make illegal profits on overbuilt condos at the Jersey shore are charged in connection with the scheme.
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