Archives For Mortgage Fraudsters

Vickie Kay Lind, 48, Branson, Missouri, a real estate agent, has been sentenced in federal court for her role in a $391,519 mortgage fraud scheme.

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Franklin R.York, Pella, Iowa, a former attorney, pled guilty in federal court in Des Moines, Iowa, to one count of wire fraud.

According to the written plea agreement, York owned and operated Escrow and Closing Services of Marion County, LLC since 2005 and provided real estate closing and refinancing

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James J. Goldberg, who did business as JJG Real Estate Appraisal Services (“Goldberg“), and Robert Micheline, who did business as P&M Appraisals (“Continue Reading...

Hannah Noel Perlich, 29, Minneapolis, Minnesota, a former loan officer  was indicted in connection with a $3 million mortgage fraud scheme that involved six properties. The defendant was charged with six counts of wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud in connection to the crime. Perlich worked as a loan officer for two mortgage brokerage companies –

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Alonzo Jackson Brown III, 44, Fairfield, California has been indicted on nine counts in connection with an investment fraud scheme and a mortgage fraud scheme.

According to court documents, Brown is a licensed real estate broker who used that position to perpetrate a mortgage fraud scheme. Brown is accused of

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Below are brief summaries of some of the significant mortgage fraud cases in California brought since June 18, 2010:

United States v. David Crisp, et al. The indictment alleges that, from approximately January 2004 to September 2007, the defendants operated real estate businesses in Kern County through which they submitted fraudulent loan applications

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David Landman, 43, Cheswick, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of bank fraud, money laundering and aggravated identity theft in connection with a mortgage fraud scheme.  The defendant pleaded guilty to three counts before United States District Judge Gustave Diamond.

In connection with the guilty plea, the court was advised that Landman, who was a

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Richard Lawrence Veazey, 53, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of wire fraud conspiracy in connection with a mortgage fraud scheme.  The defendant pleaded guilty to one count before United States District Judge Donetta W. Ambrose.

In connection with the guilty plea, the court was advised that Veazey, who was an appraiser,

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Ryan Daryl Krutzig, 31, Maple Grove, Minnesota, a real estate appraiser, and Jesse Scott Hoffman, 32, St. Cloud, Minnesota, a real estate agent, were indicted in connection with a $1.8 million mortgage fraud scheme that involved 28 properties. The defendants were charged with five counts of wire fraud in connection to the scam. In addition, Continue Reading...

James Toufic Assali, 36, Irvine, California, the owner of a Costa Mesa, California-based mortgage refinance company and escrow business, is charged in a large fraudulent rate-lock loan modification scheme targeting mostly out-of-state and some elderly victims.  Assali is currently sought by law enforcement officers.  To date, known victims are residents of California,

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