Brian Christopher Morris, 46, Boynton Beach, Florida was sentenced to 14 years in prison and 5 years of supervised release for his role in a scam where purported buyers were found to purchase time share properties.
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Francis X. Sanchez, 52, Woodstock, Illinois, was sentenced in federal court by U.S. District Judge Philip G. Reinhard to 136 months in prison for conducting a $7 million fraud scheme.
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Western Financial Planning Corporation and Louis V. Schooler, San Diego, California, have been accused of running a real estate investment fraud that raised approximately $50 million from hundreds of investors nationwide.
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David Romo, 42, Sacramento, California, a developer, pleaded guilty to mail fraud, wire fraud, and money laundering related to a real estate investment scheme that defrauded investors of more than $6.9 million.
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James Pilon, 68, and Verna Pilon, 59, Joliet, Illinois, have been sentenced to federal prison terms for engaging in a brazen investment fraud scheme that swindled more than $1 million from approximately 40 victims, causing some of them to lose their homes and financial security while the couple spent the money primarily on themselves.
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Gregory Lashon Thomas, 41, Desoto, Texas, was convicted by a federal jury following a week-long trial before Chief U.S. District Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater on various offenses related to a multimillion dollar mortgage fraud scheme he ran in the Dallas, Texas area.
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Keith B. Kovick, 61, Williston, North Dakota, appeared for sentencing in Missoula, Montana, on September 6, 2012, before U.S. District Judge Donald W. Molloy. Kovick was sentenced to a term of 30 months in prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release, a special assessment of $2,000 and restitution in the amount of $1,169,092.
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Robert J. Congdon, 61, Polson, Montana, who also did business as Cornerstone Financial, Inc., and K&B Investments, LLC., appeared for sentencing on September 6, 2012, before U.S. District Judge Donald W. Molloy.
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Henry Lee Stuckey, 41, Las Vegas, Nevada, who operated two debt relief companies in Las Vegas during 2009 and 2010 and defrauded 66 persons out of over $200,000, has been sentenced to just over 11 years in federal prison.
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Robert E. Rosenau, 45, Redding, California, pleaded guilty to one count of mail fraud for his role in a real estate investment scam.
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