James F. Habel, 56, Dunedin, Florida, previously of Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey, a former school district superintendent is named in a pair of indictments by a Monmouth County, New Jersey, grand jury charging him with various schemes, including mortgage fraud totaling more than $1 million.
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Vito C. Grippo, 58, Jackson, New Jersey, and Frederick “Freddie” Grippo, 32, Old Bridge, New Jersey, a father and son who ran a mortgage loan fraud scheme that succeeded in obtaining $4.4 million in mortgage loans while masquerading as a foreclosure rescue operation were both sentenced to prison.
Jose Dominguez, 46, Newark, New Jersey, a former bank officer, admitted his role in soliciting and accepting bribes in connection with financial transactions.
Klary Arcentales, 44, Lyndhurst, New Jersey, was indicted for her role in a long-running, large-scale mortgage fraud scheme that caused millions of dollars in losses.
William Kevin Kelly, 59, Ocean City, New Jersey, was sentenced to 60 months in prison for a real estate scam that victimized clients and investors in the Lancaster area.
Francis Santore, a/k/a Frank Martin, 53, Northfield, New Jersey, a former employee in the New Jersey offices of the Vacation Ownership Group LLC admitted that he conspired to defraud owners of timeshare properties by offering phony consulting services and debt elimination while also illegally collecting unemployment benefits.
Victor Patela, Newark, New Jersey, a police officer, was sentenced to 48 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to commit bank fraud, bank fraud, two counts of loan application fraud, and bank bribery.
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Mark Murphy, 47, Williamstown, New Jersey, was charged by information with participating in a mortgage fraud conspiracy involving more than 100 properties and more than $20 million in fraudulent loan proceeds.
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John Leadbeater, 54, Kearny, New Jersey, and Daniel Cardillo, 49, Wildwood, New Jersey, have been indicted and charged as alleged conspirators in a $13 million mortgage fraud scam that used phony documents and straw buyers to make illegal profits on overbuilt condos at the Jersey shore are charged in connection with the scheme.
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Paul Mancuso, 46, Glen Rock, New Jersey, and Pasquale Stiso, a/k/a Pat Stiso, 52, West Harrison, New York, were arrested and charged with engaging in a real estate investment fraud conspiracy that defrauded more than 15 victims of approximately $5 million from 2009 to the present.
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