Noel Albanes-Gomez, formerly of Miami, Florida, was convicted on Thursday, October 22, 2009, of conspiracy and mail fraud charges for his participation in a mortgage fraud scheme. Sentencing has been scheduled for Friday, January 22, 2010, before the U.S. District Court Judge Jose E. Martinez. Albanes-Gomez and his co-defendants were originally indicted in January of 2009, as Continue Reading...

Jerry J. Jaquess, 67, Indianapolis, Indiana, was sentenced to 30 months in prison by Chief Judge David F. Hamilton for his participation in a large mortgage fraud scheme in the Indianapolis area. Jaquess plead guilty to one count of wire fraud and one count of money laundering. Today’s sentencing follows a lengthy investigation conducted by Special Agents of the Internal Revenue

Michael A. Meisner, 52, Boca Raton, Florida, pled guilty before the Honorable U.S. Magistrate Judge James M. Hopkins to a three-count Information filed on September 2, 2009, which charged mail fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C.§ 1341, loan application fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1014, and tax evasion, in violation of 26 U.S.C. § 7201. Bond was set at a $500,000 corporate surety bond, and a $500,000 personal surety

Edward J. Safdie, 71, Madison, Connecticut, was sentenced September 1, 2009, by United States District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven to 51 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for engaging in a fraud scheme during which he received funding from multiple sources to assist him in purchasing The Inn at Chester, Chester, Connecticut. On January