Archives For Mortgage Fraudsters

James Dan, 45, Annapolis, Maryland, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud in connection with a mortgage fraud scheme which promised to help homeowners facing foreclosure keep their homes, but left them homeless and with no equity.

According to his plea agreement, James Dan met an associate

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Manuel Ruiz Quiroz, 43, Miami, Florida has been convicted of two counts of mail fraud in connection with his submission of false documents in his applications for mortgages to refinance and purchase two homes, one at 352 SW Lakehurst Drive and the other at 866 SW Curry StreetContinue Reading...

Short Sale Fraud on the Rise

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A warning has been issued to homeowners about an alarming rise in short sale fraud across California in a field “rife with scam artists”.  

A short sale is an arrangement in which a homeowner sells his or her home for less than the outstanding mortgage, with the consent of the lender.

Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. joined the California Department of Real Estate and the State Bar of California in

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The two cases involving mortgage fraud in Ventura, California, name a total of 14 defendants, all of whom face potential sentences of hundreds of years in prison if they are convicted in the schemes that cumulatively helped unqualified and straw borrowers obtain tens of millions of dollars in fraudulent mortgage loans.

Peter Morris, a California licensed real estate broker, and other professionals working at Continue Reading...

A federal indictment in the Western District of North Carolina has charged ten individuals with various criminal counts including mortgage fraud conspiracy and bank bribery conspiracy has been unsealed upon the arrests of most of the defendants.

Drew Sharreff-El, A/K/A “Mack Ahizi”, 46, Charlotte, North Carolina, has been charged with one count alleging mortgage fraud

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Fifty-six individuals in the Northern District of California are facing mortgage fraud related charges as a result of Operation Stolen Dreams.

Nearly $44 million in losses were inflicted by the mortgage fraud schemes employed by the alleged fraudsters in the Northern District of California. Seven individuals in the District have pled guilty to mortgage fraud related crimes during the take-down that began on March 1. Two individuals have been sentenced.

The charges were announced

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Christopher B. Maselli, 38, North Providence, Rhode Island, a real estate attorney, has been indicted on charges he falsified bank and federal tax documents, and lied about his income and assets, in obtaining more than 1.5 million dollars in mortgages.

According to the indictment, between December 2007 and March 2009, Continue Reading...

George M. Eggleston, 63, Las Vegas, Nevada, has been charged with wire fraud and mail fraud in a foreclosure rescue scheme. A federal grand jury returned the indictment on June 10, 2010 and was unsealed after Eggleston’s arrest. The indictment also seeks forfeiture of all property and proceeds obtained directly or indirectly in the scheme.

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Stevie Perkale Lee, 38, Weddington, North Carolina, has entered a plea of guilty to two federal criminal counts filed in a criminal bill of information in U.S. District Court in Charlotte, North Carolina. The counts against Lee charge that he, as President of “VP Companies USA,” and “Continue Reading...

Jeffery Tye Brown, 50, Henderson, Nevada, was sentenced to prison following a plea of guilty to felony mortgage fraud in violation of NRS 205.372, a Category C felony, in connection with the operation of DB Financial Services, a foreclosure rescue business located in Henderson.

Las Vegas District Court Department 1 Judge Kenneth E. Cory sentenced Continue Reading...