Celia Gallardo, 42, North Hills, California, a real estate agent and self-described real estate investor charged with running a million dollar-plus Ponzi scheme out companies based in the Santa Clarita Valley, has been arrested on federal wire fraud and mail fraud charges.
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Taya Romano, (a/k/a Taya Waldon), 36, an Oklahoma woman who formerly lived in Ridgewood, New Jersey. pleaded guilty to her role in a scheme to defraud two New Jersey families relating to the purchase, financing, and improvement of real estate in Oklahoma.
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Jeffrey Egan, Troy, Michigan, pleaded guilty to bank fraud in connection with an investment fraud scheme in which over a dozen victims were defrauded of over $1 million. Egan, operated a company called Real Estate Capital Group (RECG) from 2004 through 2008. He promised investors that their investments were fully secured with real estate.
Kelly Gearhart, 50, Wadsworth, Ohio, a real estate developer who formerly resided in Atascadero, California, was indicted on federal fraud and money laundering charges that accuse him of bilking investors who put money into Central Coast California real estate projects””money that was siphoned off for other purposes, including maintaining a lavish lifestyle.
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Maher Muhawieh, 32, San Francisco, California, was sentenced to six and one-half years in prison after he admitted running an investment fraud scheme in which he defrauded family members, friends, and many other victims out of millions of dollars.
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Joseph Mazella, Staten Island, New York, has been sentenced for running a $14 million real estate Ponzi scheme.
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Dan Oaheyoh Two Feathers, 56, Hamilton, Montana, has been sentenced in connection with his guilty plea to conspiracy to commit investment fraud, investment fraud, receipt of stolen property in interstate commerce, and money laundering.
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Renee Manning, 39 was arrested for her alleged role in a real estate scam that spanned at least three Florida counties over the past two years and swindled four Floridians out of $700,000. Manning was charged with one count of organized scheme to defraud.
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Terrence Ezekiel Paulin, 47, Ashland, Kentucky, pled guilty to investment fraud during a federal court session in Great Falls, Montana, on June 7, 2012, before U.S. District Judge Sam E. Haddon. Sentencing has been set for September 14, 2012. He is currently detained.
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Aldo Joseph Baccala, 71, Petaluma, California, was arrested for stealing more than $20 million from dozens of real estate investors in a Ponzi scheme through his company Baccala Realty, Inc.
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