Edward William Farley, 47, Hoschton, Georgia, was sentenced to serve 25 years in federal prison on charges of bank fraud and conspiracy involving mortgage fraud, a real estate investment “Ponzi” scheme with over a hundred victims, a check-kiting scheme and bankruptcy fraud. Walter Julius Hermann, 41, Dunwoody, Georgia, was also sentenced to serve over 2 years in federal
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Milton Retana, 46, Huntington Park, California, a man who preyed on Spanish-speaking investors with promises of hefty returns during the real estate bubble was sentenced to 25 years in federal prison for bilking approximately 2,300 victims who suffered losses of approximately $33 milion. Retana was sentenced by United States District Judge R. Gary Klausner.
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Gary T. Johnson, 60, Groton, Connecticut, has been found guilty of four counts of wire fraud and two counts of engaging in illegal monetary transactions while operating his former mortgage lending business.
As previously reported on Mortgage Fraud Blog and according to the evidence presented during
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Michael Anthony Prieskorn, 35, Ellendale, Minnesota, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges stemming from a mortgage fraud scheme that resulted in losses of at least $20 million for mortgage lenders. Prieskorn was charged with orchestrating the scheme, which involved the purchase of approximately 70 residential properties in Continue Reading...
Nefrititi Luv a/k/a Phlecia Pierce a/k/a Phlecia Rice (Luv), 49, an Arizona resident, pleaded guilty in federal court in San Francisco, California, to mail fraud and failure to file a tax return.
In pleading guilty, Luv, admitted that between November 2005 and January 2006, she submitted false loan applications and other documents in connection with the
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Gerald James Greenfield, 64, Bloomington, Minnesota, was charged with one count of conspiracy to commit mortgage fraud through the use of wires, four counts of mortgage fraud by means of interstate wire, one count of conspiracy to commit concealment money laundering, and one count of engaging in a monetary transaction with criminally derived property. Nicholas Ryan Delon
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William Warren Baker, 57, Laguna Nigel, California, was arrested for stealing over $900,000 from investors in a Ponzi scheme by fraudulently promising to buy, refurbish, and re-sell distressed homes for a profit. Baker is charged with 13 felony counts of using untrue statements in the purchase or sale of securities and 13 felony counts of selling securities in issuer transactions
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Angela M. Moore, 42, a Florida resident, has been charged with a scheme to defraud, grand theft, and operating as a real estate broker without a license in a case involving online real estate sales.
The initial investigation began in October 2008 when the Florida Office of the Attorney General received a complaint and referred it to the Lee County Sheriff’s Office Economic Crimes Unit. The victim had participated in an online auction
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Jeremiah Yancy, Idaho, has had a default judgement placed on him for violating provisions of the Idaho Uniform Securities Act, the Idaho Commodity Code and the Idaho Residential Mortgage Practices Act between 2006 and 2009. The findings were based on a 40-page complaint filed by the Department in July 2009. Yancy was permanently enjoined by the Court from engaging in future violations.
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Jon Weldon James, 33, Long Beach, California, who operated a number of ventures that he used to solicit money with false claims of profitable investments in real estate has pleaded guilty to a federal wire fraud charge. James pleaded guilty to the federal offense related to his Ponzi scheme that collected more than $33 million from his El
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