Robert Rinehart, 49, Santa Cruz, California, was indicted by a federal grand jury and charged with eight counts of wire fraud.
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Sergio Gutierrez, 49, San Francisco, California, was sentenced to twelve years in federal prison after a jury convicted him of running a scheme in which he defrauded victims by telling them to stop paying their mortgages.
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Thomas Joseph O’Meara, III, 66, Palm Desert, California, a real estate developer, was sentenced to 78 months in prison for wire fraud and money laundering arising out of a real estate investment fraud scheme in which he defrauded more than 50 victims of more than $16 million.
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Samuel Thomas Geren Jones, 32, Spokane, Washington, was sentenced in federal court in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, to 37 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release for his role in a real estate investment scam.
Norman Montalvo, Concord, California, a Northern California real estate investor, has agreed to plead guilty for his role in conspiracies to rig bids and commit mail fraud at public real estate foreclosure auctions in Northern California.
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Edward G. Locker, 37, Highland Heights, Ohio, was sentenced to 30 months in prison for his role in a real estate investment fraud scheme.
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Vincent Thakur Singh, 43, formerly of Elk Grove, California, was arrested on federal investment fraud and bankruptcy fraud charges in Caldwell, Idaho.
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Billy Frank Davis, aka Bill F. Davis, 67, Houston, Texas, a former attorney, has pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud in connection with his real estate investment fraud scheme that victimized more than 20 investors of approximately $7.8 million.
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Mark Hotton, Long Island, New York, has been charged with defrauding others by fabricating the prospect of $4.5 million in financing commitments and the possibility of a $1.1 million loan.
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Michael Howard Clott, a/k/a “Michael Howard,” Bethesda, Maryland, was sentenced in Manhattan federal court to 21 years and 7 months in prison for engaging in a series of real estate investment and mortgage fraud schemes in which he attempted to steal more than $10 million from his victims.
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