Chester D. Howard, also known as C. Daniel Howard, 41, Verona, Wisconsin, is charged in a seven-count indictment with making false statements. He is charged with five counts of falsely stating to banks that he was the owner of property as collateral for a loan, when he knew he was not the owner of the property.
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James Cockinos, 58, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, a former mortgage broker and bank officer, was sentenced to 12 months in prison for his role in conspiring to commit bank fraud in order to secure a $1.48 million residential real estate loan.
Alpha Rashidi Mshihiri, 38, Maple Plain, Minnesota, was indicted on charges of conspiring to defraud mortgage lenders.
Jose “Joe” Bautista Garcia, 46, Camarillo, California, a real estate broker, Lucy Ann Garcia, Jose Garcia’s wife, 46, Camarillo, Jose Fernando Murguia, 47, Oxnard, a loan officer, Sesilia Garcia, one of Jose Garcia’s sisters, 30, Oxnard, California, a loan officer, Lili Ayala Hernandez, 41, Oxnard, a loan officer, Lidubina “Lido” Mendoza Perez, 41, Moreno Valley, California, a loan officer, Gregg Scott Quinn, 40, Camarillo, a loan officer, and Cesar Rodriguez Azamar, 36, Santa Paula, an employee at NCHL, have each been indicted for their roles in a mortgage fraud scheme.
Michael E. Earwood, 61, Madison, Mississippi, an attorney, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 46 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for bankruptcy fraud.
Gloria Nereida Valle-Clas, 48, and Alexander Gonzalez, 40, Loxahatchee, Florida, have been indicted on charges that they used aliases to acquire real estate while continuing to receive government benefits.
David Burrus, Jr., 40, Burns, Tennessee, was sentenced to 66 months in prison, followed by a five-year term of supervised release, for conspiring to commit wire and mail fraud. Burrus was also ordered to pay restitution of $241,779.26.
James Cockinos, 58, Englewood Cliffs, N.J., a former mortgage broker and bank officer, has been sentenced to one year and a day in prison for defrauding Washington Mutual Bank (later acquired by JPMorgan Chase) in New York, for the purpose of securing a $1.48 million residential loan.
Michael E. Kraus, 63, Medford, Wisconsin, has been indicted by a federal grand jury sitting in Madison, Wisconsin, and charged with making false statements to financial institutions concerning the extent of his liabilities.
Robert Mikail, 41, formerly of Ashburn, Virginia, pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit bank fraud in connection with his role in fraudulent mortgage loan transactions involving approximately 36 properties in northern Virginia and nearly $20 million in fraudulently obtained loans.