Adam Lacerda, 28, and Ashley Lacerda, 32, both of Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey; Ian Resnick, 37, Abescon, New Jersey; and Genevieve Manzoni, 46, Lake Worth, Florida, were convicted by a federal jury for their roles in a $3 million conspiracy to scam customers by offering phony consulting services to propery owners and owners of timeshares through the New Jersey-based Vacation Ownership Group LLC.
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Michael Swanson, 62, Seaside, California, was convicted by a federal jury on charges of mail fraud, wire fraud, securities fraud, and conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud.
Maria Eliza Garza, Houston, Texas, has pleaded guilty to conspiring to defraud seven different Houston-area banks of more than $2 million in 2007 and 2008.
R.A. North Development, Inc., R.A., North Development, LLC, Southeastern Waterfront Marketing, Inc., William Garith Allen, Randolph M. Allen, R Douglas Therrell, Kenneth Bednar, and Michael Woolard are the subjects of a consent judgment for their roles in a real estate scam.
George Christo George, 54, Las Vegas, Nevada, has been charged with defrauding Northern Nevadans in real estate and mortgage scams.
Brenda Ashcraft, 43, Milford, Ohio, is charged with defrauding investors of at least $15 million between 2009 and 2013 in a scheme to purchase and sell real estate through real estate investment trusts, known as REITs.
Mark Hofmann, 55, San Diego, California, a real estate developer, was charged in a one-count Bill of Information with wire fraud.
Thomas Dickson, 52, Atlanta, Georgia, has pleaded guilty to defrauding more than 50 clients out of funds that were deposited into his law firm’s trust account.
Robert G. Nelson, 40, Chicago, Illinois, was sentenced to 5½ years in federal prison for cheating about 35 victims of approximately $2.6 million in an investment fraud scheme.
Jose L. Nino de Guzman, Jr., 30, Seattle, Washington, who marketed real estate investment opportunities in Peru, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to wire fraud and money laundering for his creation and operation of a classic Ponzi scheme.