James Monahan, 43, New York, New York, the owner of a real estate investment company called Panam Management Group, Inc., and a former sergeant in the New York City Police Department, pled guilty in Manhattan federal court to wire fraud, mail fraud, and conspiracy to commit wire and mail fraud in connection with his participation in a fraudulent real estate scheme.
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Stefan Mahaley, 52, Moreno Valley, California, suspected of committing real estate fraud, was arraigned on multiple counts of Forgery and Procuring and Offering False or Forged Instrument.
James Kalpakis, 52, Old Westbury, New York, a disbarred attorney has been indicted on multiple felonies for stealing more than $4 million from multiple individuals and banks he was representing in real estate deals, including his own wife.
Michael A. Zimmerman, 56, Dover, Delaware, is the subject of new charges when a federal grand jury released a superseding indictment with additional fraud and money-laundering offenses.
Tandy Anne Kertanis, 33, Reno, Nevada, who fraudulently obtained a $228,000 home equity loan in her father and mother-in-law’s names by forging their signature and the signatures of others, has been sentenced to 81 months in prison and ordered to pay $228,000 in restitution for her guilty pleas to identity theft and money laundering charges.
Dwayne Stewart, 41, West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, has been charged with stealing five properties in the City and County of Philadelphia, theft from at least 12 additional victims in fraudulent real estate scams and passing bad checks to victims including the City of Philadelphia Recorder of Deeds Office.
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Wanda Henderson, 56, Westover, Maryland, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Ellen L. Hollander to 18 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for forging the signatures of various bank officials, including the President, as the approving loan officer on applications.
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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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Michael Wayne Harding, 59, Keswick, Virginia, a local businessman and former commercial real estate agent, pled guilty to federal fraud charges.
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Russell N. Daniel, 63, Louisville, Kentucky, a purported real estate entrepreneur, was sentenced to 37 months in federal prison and was ordered to pay $2,797,000 in restitution for a single count of mail fraud connected to real estate schemes that resulted in the loss of more than $1 million to investors.