Archives For False Documents

Mark Hotton, Long Island, New York, has been charged with defrauding others by fabricating the prospect of $4.5 million in financing commitments and the possibility of a $1.1 million loan.

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Deborah Atherton, 55, Black River Falls, Wisconsin, was sentenced by Chief U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to four years and two months in federal prison for her role in a loan fraud scheme and a separate bribery scheme involving contracts awarded by the Ho-Chunk Nation.

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Lilia Casal-Diaz, 42, a real estate attorney, Raquel DeJesus Martinez, 36, a former mortgage broker, Andres Mendez a/k/a “Andy Mendez, Sr.,” 47, and his son, Andy Mendez, a/k/a Andy Mendez, Jr.,” 26, who both worked as real estate brokers, have pled guilty to charges involving a multi-million dollar mortgage fraud scheme.

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David Han, 50, Tujunga, California, was sentenced to 37 months in federal prison for his participation in a home equity line of credit (HELOC) scheme which resulted in losses of more than $1 million.

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Mary Novak Thompson, 44, Forest, Virginia, a former financial specialist who falsified documents to support a broader mortgage fraud scheme, was sentenced in the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia in Lynchburg.

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J. Christopher Daly, 49, New York, New York, and Michael Abreu, 43, Carmel, New York, two former executives at a real estate development and management company, were sentenced to 15 months and one year and one day in prison, respectively, for their roles in a scheme to fraudulently obtain $2.2 million from a foreign-owned bank.

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Paulette Roberts, 54, Sylvania, Ohio, has been indicted for a scheme that included falsifying documents and submitting them to bank officials to obtain credit approval for large commercial loans which would have otherwise been declined.

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Brenda East, 51, formerly of Houston, Texas, has been sentenced to 57 months in federal prison for her role in obtaining home loans in the Kirby Lofts condominium complex.

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Eduardo Ruiz, 33, Santa Ana, California, the owner of a Pasadena mortgage brokerage firm was sentenced to 108 months in federal prison for participating in a mortgage fraud scheme that obtained more than $30 million in loans.

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Joel Blanford, 44, San Ramon, California, was convicted by a federal jury on six counts of mail fraud.

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