Mary Armstrong, a fugitive unlicensed loan broker from California, was arrested in Las Vegas, Nevada. The indictment charges Armstrong, a real estate agent Teresa Rose, and Armstrong’s assistant William Fountain with devising and executing a mortgage loan origination fraud and kickback scheme.
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John Farano, 50, Palos Park, Illinois, and Charles Murphy, 65, Chicago, Illinois, both attorneys, were sentenced along with two others following their convictions for participating in a multi-million dollar mortgage fraud scheme involving at least 40 residential properties.
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Jeffrey Weisman, 43, New Haven, Connecticut, waived his right to indictment and pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud, wire fraud and bank fraud stemming from his role as a closing attorney in a multimillion dollar mortgage fraud scheme in New Haven.
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Menachem Yosef Levitin, 27, New Haven, Connecticut, waived his right to indictment and pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud, wire fraud and bank fraud. The charge stems from Levitin’s participation in a $10 million mortgage fraud scheme in New Haven.
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Benjamin W. Richardson, 47, Powell, Ohio, and a former Ohio State Highway Patrol trooper, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to a total of 50 months in prison for participating in a mortgage fraud conspiracy, committing bankruptcy fraud, and tampering with a witness in a federal investigation.
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In a case started from a review of SARs, a specialized mortgage fraud task force launched an investigation that led to charges against two individuals.
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Jared Mitchell Rothenberger, 43, Minneapolis, Minnesota, was indicted and charged with allegedly defrauding mortgage lenders out of millions of dollars in connection with the sale of condominiums at Chateau Ridge, Burnsville, Minnesota.
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Tonii Carlos Greene, 52, Eagan, Minnesota, has been indicted for participating in a $3 million mortgage fraud scheme premised on the purchase of rundown houses to be rehabilitated and then sold. Instead, however, the equity was stripped from the homes, and the lenders were defrauded.
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Eitan Maximov, 40, a citizen of Israel and lawful permanent resident of the United States, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge David G. Campbell to nearly eight and half years in federal prison for his leadership role in a cash back mortgage fraud scheme.
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Anthony G. Symmes, 61, Paradise, California, was sentenced to two years and 11 months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release for his role in a builder bailout scheme using straw buyers. Symmes was also ordered to forfeit $4 million dollars.
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