11 companies and five individuals have been charged with running an illegal mortgage relief scheme, which operated under various names.
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Melvin T. Bell, 37, aka “Alex Crown,” “Minister Bey,” “Sovereign King Bey,” “King Bey,” and “S.K. Bey,” Monica Hernandez, 43, a former licensed real estate broker, and Carlos Rayas, 39, Aurora, Illinois, who operated Washington National Trust, an licensed trust and/or mortgage company, are facing federal fraud charges for allegedly swindling approximately $220,000 from at least 54 homeowners after falsely promising to save their homes from foreclosure and lower their monthly mortgage payments. Both Bell and Hernandez were last known to reside in Oswego, Illinois.
Charles Head, 36, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Benjamin Budoff, 46, Colorado Springs, Colorado, and Domonic McCarns, 39, Irvine, California, were found guilty after a five-week trial by a federal jury in Sacramento, California.
Stevan John Henrioulle, 68, Oakland, California, and Ronald Veridiano Uy, 52, Pacifica, California, are recommended for disbarment by a California State Bar Court judge for involvement in a scheme to defraud struggling homeowners.
Mark S. Farhood, 49, formerly of San Diego, California, and Jason S. Sant, 38, Lecanto, Florida, were sentenced for their roles in operating a nationwide online foreclosure rescue scam that went by various names, including Home Advocate Trustees and Walk Away Today, and used various websites, including walkawaytoday.org and sellfastusa.com, to deceive hundreds of vulnerable, distressed homeowners into surrendering their properties to the company.
Mark S. Farhood, 49, formerly of San Diego, California, and Jason S. Sant, 38, Lecanto, Florida, were sentenced for their roles in operating a nationwide online foreclosure rescue scam that went by various names, including Home Advocate Trustees and Walk Away Today, and used various websites, including walkawaytoday.org and sellfastusa.com, to deceive hundreds of vulnerable, distressed homeowners into surrendering their properties to the company.
Tamara Teresa Tikal, 43, Brentwood, California, and Ray Jan Kornfeld, 57, Las Vegas, Nevada, were arrested for their roles in a continuing multistate scam that has defrauded distressed homeowners throughout California and elsewhere.
Glen Alan Ward, 48, a fraud artist who was a fugitive from justice for over a decade, was sentenced to 11 years in federal prison for running a nearly 15-year foreclosure-rescue scam that fraudulently delayed foreclosure sales for more than 800 distressed homeowners.
Richard Scott Spady, 40, Bloomington, Minnesota, was sentenced for his role in defrauding financial institutions and homeowners under the guise of a program to rescue homes from foreclosure.