Winnie Joanne Barefoot, a/k/a Winnie Jo Budzina, a/k/a Winnie JoAnne Conn, a/k/a Joanne Knopsnyder, a/k/a Olivia JoAnne Morgan, a/k/a Olivia JoAnne Barefoot Morgan, 59, Annapolis, Maryland, was sentenced to five years in prison for bank fraud arising from her use of numerous identities to fraudulently obtain real estate and commercial loans.
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Tarl Brandon, 46, Las Vegas, Nevada, who recruited straw buyers and used fictitious identities to purchase more than 20 houses in the Las Vegas area in order to obtain millions of dollars of cash from the loan proceeds, was convicted by a jury of conspiracy and fraud charges.
Francisco Rodriguez, 41, Chicago, Illinois, was charged in an indictment with two counts of wire fraud for his role in defrauding mortgage lenders. The indictment was returned on June 6, 2012 and unsealed on June 11, 2012.
Continue Reading...Osvaldo A. Mercado, 54, Gainesville, Virginia, was sentenced to 24 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for engaging in a mortgage fraud scheme that defrauded Virginia banks of nearly $2.4 million in fraudulent loans.
Continue Reading...Brian Guimond, 45, Norwich, Connecticut, was sentenced by Senior United States District Judge Alfred V. Covello to 27 months of imprisonment, followed by one year of supervised release, for his participation in an eastern Connecticut mortgage fraud scheme.
Continue Reading...Kevin W. Caffrey, 47, Wolcott, Connecticut, was sentenced by United States District Judge Janet C. Hall in to 12 months and one day of imprisonment, for his role in his ex-wife’s scheme to defraud Webster Bank of more than $6.2 million.
Patricia Ann King, 57, Bakersfield, California, was sentenced by Chief United States District Judge Anthony W. Ishii to three years and one month in prison for her role in a mortgage fraud scheme and for aiding and assisting the preparation of false tax documents in connection with her tax preparation business.
Continue Reading...Kesha Danine Fortune Haynie, 41, Chico, California, was convicted after a six day jury trial of two counts of mail fraud in connection with a mortgage fraud scheme.
Continue Reading...Tyler Fitzsimons, 33, appeared before U.S. District Judge Michael R. Hogan and pleaded guilty to a variety of mortgage and loan fraud charges arising out of the collapse of his company, Desert Sun Development (DSD).





