Archives For Loan App. Misreps

David F. Baker III, 62, Sewickley Heights, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of bankruptcy fraud conspiracy admitting that he defrauded two lenders.

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Philip Rucker, 39, Gary, Indiana, was sentenced to 30 months in prison for his role in a mortgage fraud scam involving loan application misrepresentations.  Rucker was a recruiter in the scheme locating individuals to purchase real estate.

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Arthur R. Seaborne, 70, Sarasota, Florida, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Steven D. Merryday to 5 years in federal prison for conspiring to commit bank fraud in connection with his role in a residential loan program.

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Hoda Samuel, 60, Elk Grove, California, was found guilty of a conspiracy to commit mortgage fraud and of 30 individual counts of mail fraud after a 10 day jury trial.

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Joshua S. Goldberg was indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of conspiracy to commit and committing wire fraud in connection with a mortgage fraud scheme in which fraudulent loans were obtained on at least five properties.

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Jeanette R. Salsi, Alice Lorraine Barneyand and Sonja Lightfoot, each of whom played important roles in a mortgage fraud scheme that crippled now defunct Pierce Commercial Bank were sentenced in U.S. District Court. All three of the women worked for years with scheme leader Shawn Portmann, whose fraudulent loans resulted in losses of more than $10 million.

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Schelton Assoumou, 36, Brooklyn, New York, a real estate developer, was arrested on charges of bank fraud and wire fraud for his participation in a multi-year mortgage fraud scheme.

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Anthony Haynes, 53, Seffner, Florida pleaded guilty to two counts of wire fraud affecting a financial institution. He faces a maximum penalty of 30 years in federal prison on each count.

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Season Heather Hymas, 27, American Fork, Utah, pleaded guilty in United States District Court in Boise, Idaho, to theft from a financial institution, a misdemeanor.

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Gerry Zobrist, 43, Las Vegas, Nevada, a lawyer, pleaded guilty to federal felony conspiracy and fraud charges for his involvement in a mortgage fraud scheme that caused federally insured financial institutions to suffer losses of more than $30 million.

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