Carline M. Charles, 41, Silver Spring, Maryland, who operated a business that supposedly would rescue distressed homeowners from foreclosure, pled guilty to conspiracy to commit bank fraud for her role in a mortgage fraud scheme that cost lenders at least $1 million.
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Statewide Financial Group, Inc., which did business as US Homeowners Assistance and Webeatallrates.com, Orange County, California, who ran a national loan modification scam, were ordered to pay more than $4 million in penalties and restitution, including $2 million to consumers who were falsely promised modifications of their mortgage loans.
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Joanne M. Seeley, 42, formerly of East Berlin, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced to 238 months’ incarceration for defrauding 36 homeowners in Cumberland, York and Adams Counties in Pennsylvania out of $2,470,666 between 2006 and 2008.
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Gaetano Antonell, 62, Brooksville, Florida, has been arrested and charged with organized fraud for his role in a foreclosure rescue scam. The defendant persuaded homeowners to deed their properties to him then he would list the properties on Craigslist for sale.
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Howard R. Shmuckler, 68, Virginia Beach, Virginia, was sentenced to 90 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for running a fraudulent mortgage rescue business that received substantial fees but actually modified clients’ mortgages in only a few cases.
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Philip Villasis, 41, Chesapeake, Virginia, has been sentenced for conspiracy to commit wire fraud in connection with a fraudulent foreclosure rescue scheme.
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Andrew Michael Phalen, 25, Mission Viejo, California, was sentenced to a year in jail and five years of formal probation for defrauding hundreds of victims in a real estate scam by offering home loan modification assistance to struggling homeowners across the country.
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Andrew Michael Phalen, 25, Mission Viejo, California, was sentenced to a year in jail and five years of formal probation for defrauding hundreds of victims in a real estate scam by offering home loan modification assistance to struggling homeowners across the country.
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Marien Brown, Wentzville, Missouri, was sentenced to 18 months in prison, and ordered to pay approximately $250,000 restitution for falsely representing that she operated a “mortgage rescue” or “foreclosure rescue” service.
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Frederic Alan Gladle, 53, Austin, Texas, was sentenced to 61 months in prison and was ordered to forfeit $84,010 for his role in operating a foreclosure rescue scam in Southern California and elsewhere that charged distressed homeowners fees in exchange for fraudulently delaying foreclosure sales.
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