Gary Dimattia, 62, Las Vegas, Nevada, pled no contest in connection with his operation of a mortgage lending fraud scam, including four counts each of mortgage lending fraud and theft, one count of multiple transactions involving fraud and deceit in the course of enterprise or occupation, and one count of pattern of mortgage lending fraud.
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Derrick Phelps, 44, Katy, Texas, who owned and operated two mortgage industry businesses, Cynthia Phelps, 34, his wife, and Linda Mack, 49, North Las Vegas, Neveada, an escrow officer, were indicted by a federal grand jury on conspiracy and bank fraud charges in relation to an $83 million mortgage fraud scheme.
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The five most common consumer mortgage fraud complaints addressed by the Nevada Mortgage Fraud Unit, which investigates and prosecutes violations of mortgage fraud, as well as foreclosure rescue fraud, foreclosure fraud, and any and all other theft related crimes arising out of mortgage related transactions, have been announced for 2012.
Jean Marc Eljwaidi, 44, Las Vegas, Nevada, who fraudulently enticed persons to give him almost $2 million for the development of a local commercial real estate project that never materialized, was sentenced to 21 months in federal prison and ordered to pay $1.8 million in restitution.
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Lance Kellow, 36, Henderson, Nevada, following a nine-day jury trial, was convicted of one count of conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, three counts of wire fraud and one count of bank fraud for committing mortgage fraud crimes that caused losses to federally insured financial institutions of over $1 million.
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Brent Edward Lovett, 50, Henderson, Nevada, following a six-day jury trial, was convicted of bank fraud for making false statements to a federally insured credit union to obtain a $7.5 million commercial real estate loan.
Xochitl Cervantes, 35, Las Vegas, Nevada, has been criminally charged for her involvement in a mortgage lending fraud case involving several victims operating under the name of CSR Services.
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Aneal Maharaj, 65, a former resident of Las Vegas, Nevada, who defrauded 17 individuals of almost $1.5 million in an investment fraud and marketing scheme involving early mortgage payoffs, was sentenced to just over eight years in prison for his guilty pleas to fraud and tax evasion charges.
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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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Linda Marie Kot, 58, Las Vegas, Nevada, a real estate agent, was sentenced to serve 70 months in prison for her participation in a mortgage fraud scheme that netted more than $10 million in fraudulent mortgage loans.
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