Paul Wagner, 59, Las Vegas, Nevada, a homebuilder has been sentenced to 14 years in prison, five years of supervised release, and ordered to pay $4.4 million in restitution for selling houses at inflated prices in order to fraudulently obtain mortgage loans.
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Jawad “Joe” Quassani, 42, Las Vegas, Nevada, a mortgage agent, has been convicted for his role in a “cash back at closing” mortgage fraud scheme that netted $1.43 million in fraudulent mortgage loans.
Cynthia Hosbrook, 41, currently a licensed real estate agent in Nevada, and Robert Hosbrook, 51, formerly a licensed real estate agent in Nevada, both of Henderson, Nevada, have been charged in U.S. District Court with conspiracy and fraud for making false statements to Wells Fargo Bank in order to get it to approve a short sale on their home.
Earl Gross, 75, Las Vegas, Nevada, the former president and chief executive officer of U.S. Mortgage, a loan servicing company in Nevada, pleaded guilty for his role in a scheme to defraud Wells Fargo Bank of more than $8 million.
Brent Edward Lovett, 50, Henderson, Nevada, who made false statements to a federally insured credit union to obtain a $7.5 million real estate loan, was sentenced by Senior U.S. District Judge Roger L. Hunt to 98 months in prison, five years of supervised release and ordered to pay restitution to the credit union.
Yanay Aguirre, 24, Las Vegas, Nevada, Maria Lorena Anzu, 39, in custody in the Clark County Detention Center, Jose Benjamin Rodriguez, 39, (whereabouts unknown), Rodolfo Cruz, 75, Las Vegas, Silvia Patricia De La Cruz, 34, Franklin David Marquez, 49, in custody in Los Angeles County Jail, Jose Gilberto Navidad, 54, in custody in the Clark County Detention Center, and Roberto Vargas, 51, Hesperia, California, have each been charged with multiple counts of mortgage lending fraud and theft.
Stanley A. Walton, 54, Las Vegas, Nevada, an attorney, has pleaded guilty to a charge brought against him in February 2011 that he participated in a scheme to obtain mortgage loans from financial institutions using straw buyers and false loan applications.
Lynda Finch-Estrada, 54, Las Vegas, Nevada, William Chrissikopoulos, 43, Las Vegas, Alan Dornhuber, 63, Las Vegas, Nevada, and William Patterson, 51, El Monte, California, were charged in a 15 count indictment returned by a grand jury. The defendants are alleged to have participated in mortgage and foreclosure rescue schemes.
Tandy Anne Kertanis, 33, Reno, Nevada, who fraudulently obtained a $228,000 home equity loan in her father and mother-in-law’s names by forging their signature and the signatures of others, has been sentenced to 81 months in prison and ordered to pay $228,000 in restitution for her guilty pleas to identity theft and money laundering charges.
Nicholas Lindsey, 40, Billings, Montana, following a six-day jury trial, was convicted of nine counts of wire fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft for his role in a mortgage fraud scheme.
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