Jere Loy Parkhurst, 46, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge James A. Teilborg to 13 months in Federal prison for his role in a real estate investment scheme.
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Celia Gallardo, 42, North Hills, California, a real estate agent and self-described real estate investor, was sentenced to five years in federal prison and remanded into custody for her offenses, which included ripping off real estate investors.
Roger K. Howard, 50, Englewood, Colorado, pled guilty recently before U.S. District Court Judge R. Brooke Jackson to three counts of wire fraud and one count of money laundering.
Haider Zafar, 35, formerly of Dublin, Ohio, has been arrested in connection with a $10 million fraud scheme involving false representations about investments in Pakistani real estate.
Gershon Barkany, 29, Woodmere, New York, pleaded guilty at the federal courthouse in Central Islip, New York, to wire fraud in connection with his role in a $62 million real estate ponzi scheme.
Paul Lascola, 70, Thousand Oaks, California, was sentenced by Ventura County Superior Court Judge Kent Kellegrew to serve 10 years in state prison for his role in a real estate investment fraud scheme.
Seth Beoku Betts, 37, Boynton Beach, Florida, a principal of Betts and Gambles Global Equities, LLC, was arrested on the charge of wire fraud for operating an investment scheme whereby he promised investors funds would be used for the purposes of trading in collateralized mortgage obligations.
Ryan E. Bird, a/k/a Chris Jackson, a/k/a Matthew Bross, 35, Clementon, New Jersey, a former employee of The Vacation Ownership Group LLC, admitted to conspiring to defraud owners of timeshare properties.
Edward Adams, 69, New York, New York, an attorney, pled guilty in Manhattan federal court to conspiracy to commit wire fraud in connection with his participation in a fraudulent real estate scheme.
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.