Oscar Torres, 47, Weston, Florida, pleaded guilty to participating in two separate mortgage fraud conspiracies. He faces a maximum penalty of 30 years in federal prison on each of the two counts.
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Anthony Haynes, 54, Seffner, Florida, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Kovachevich to one year and one day of imprisonment on two counts of wire fraud in connection with a fraudulent mortgage scheme.
John Lebron, 33, Tampa, Florida, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Kovachevich sentenced to 26 years in federal prison for conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud affecting a financial institution, and making false statements to a financial institution.
Gregory Wayne Eagle, 62, Cape Coral, Florida, pleaded guilty to four counts of bank fraud, one count of mail fraud, and one count of wire fraud in connection with altering trust agreements to obtain a mortgage.
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Randolph Branham, 46, Destin, Florida, a former mortgage broker, was sentenced in federal court to two years in prison and ordered to pay over $1.8 million in restitution, having been adjudicated guilty of multiple bank fraud violations.
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Karen Galo, 33, Key West, Florida, has been indicted and charged with two counts of obstruction of justice and one count of disclosing the contents of a federal grand jury subpoena to a third party, with the intent to obstruct a judicial proceeding.
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Lender Processing Services Inc., Jacksonville, Florida, a publicly traded mortgage servicing company, has agreed to pay $35 million in criminal penalties and forfeiture to address its participation in a six-year scheme to prepare and file more than 1 million fraudulently signed and notarized mortgage-related documents with property recorders’ offices throughout the United States.
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Douglas Wayne Bartle, III, also known as Ridgely Douglas Bartle and Douglas Wayne Bartle, Jr., 49, Winter Park, Florida, was sentenced by Senior U.S. District Judge G. Kendall Sharp to 20 months in federal prison for wire fraud in connection with the fraudulent operation of a title insurance company.
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Fred Davis Clark, Jr., president and CEO, David W. Schwarz, chief accounting officer, Cristal R. Coleman, manager and sales agent, Barry J. Graham, sales director, and Ricky Lynn Stokes, sales director, former Cay Clubs executives, have been charged with an investment fraud scheme.
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