Archives For Maryland

Wanda Henderson, 56, Westover, Maryland, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Ellen L. Hollander to 18 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for forging the signatures of various bank officials, including the President, as the approving loan officer on applications.

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Michael Abobor, 38, Bowie, Maryland, pleaded guilty on what would have been the first day of his trial to wire fraud in connection with a mortgage fraud scheme involving intended losses of at least $2 million.

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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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Harriet M. Taylor, 57, Ellicott City, Maryland, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge William D. Quarles, Jr. to two years in prison followed by five years of supervised release for wire fraud in connection with a scheme to use over $1.5 million in mortgage closing funds for her personal use and to operate her title companies.

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A federal grand jury has indicted six defendants for conspiracy in a $4.5 million mortgage fraud scheme whereby the defendants allegedly failed to pay off pre-existing lien holders, funneling the money instead to themselves.

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Shola Risikat Balogun, 46, Upper Marlboro, Maryland, pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit wire fraud in connection with a mortgage fraud scheme that she organized and managed which resulted in over $1.352 million of actual losses to mortgage lenders.

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Kimberly Eileen McMillian, a/k/a Kimberly Simmons and Kimberly Simmons McMillian, 45, Baltimore, Maryland; Olutoyin Oladosu, a/k/a Tony Oladosu, 53, Lanham, Maryland; and Glenroy Emanuel Day, Sr., 73, Baltimore, have been indicted on charges of conspiracy to commit and committing wire fraud affecting a financial institution, in connection with a million dollar mortgage fraud scheme.

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Shola Risikat Balogun, 46, Upper Marlboro, Maryland, pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit wire fraud in connection with a mortgage fraud scheme that she organized and managed which resulted in over $1.352 million of actual losses to mortgage lenders.

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Alexander Sivels, II, 28, Baltimore, Maryland, pleaded guilty to wire fraud involving the fraudulent purchase of at least nine properties in Baltimore using fraudulent loan documentation and settlement documents, resulting in actual or attempted losses of more than $1 million.

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Carline M. Charles, 41, Silver Spring, Maryland, who ran a business that supposedly would rescue distressed homeowners from foreclosure, has been sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison for her role in a mortgage fraud scheme that cost homeowners over $774,000 and lenders more than $1 million.

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