Ronald Harris Jr., 42, Piscataway, New Jersey, formerly of West Orange, New Jersey, who owned and operated multiple foreclosure rescue companies was sentenced for his role in a mortgage fraud scheme that defrauded numerous mortgage lenders of more than $10 million.
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Donald Kohut, Jr, 34, Raritan Township, New Jersey, has been indicted for 2nd degree Theft by Deception, 3rd degree Uttering a Forged Instrument, 3rd degree Forgery, and 4th degree False Public Records.
Eleven individuals from five states are charged in New Jersey for their alleged roles in a $15 million mortgage fraud scam that used phony documents and straw buyers to make illegal profits on overbuilt condos, including a defendant who attempted to murder a witness to the scheme.
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Taya Romano, (a/k/a Taya Waldon), 36, an Oklahoma woman who formerly lived in Ridgewood, New Jersey. pleaded guilty to her role in a scheme to defraud two New Jersey families relating to the purchase, financing, and improvement of real estate in Oklahoma.
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Joann Smith, 47, and her boyfriend, Wayne Betha, 42, Ewing, New Jersey, who ran a real estate firm, pleaded guilty to stealing from home sellers by diverting proceeds from home sales, and also defrauding mortgage companies by falsifying the earnings of loan applicants.
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Adebowale Sheba, 41, Franklin Township, New Jersey, has pled guilty to mortgage fraud in connection with his use of an alias and false information to obtain a loan.
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Davionne Anderson, 41, Newark, New Jersey was indicted for allegedly stealing approximately $1.2 million from two mortgage lenders by using a stolen identity and false information to obtain two home loans, which he used to sell his home in Newark and acquire a luxury home in Georgia.
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David M. Connolly, Watchung, New Jersey, has been charged by The Securities and Exchange Commission with operating a Ponzi-like scheme involving a series of investment vehicles formed for the purported purpose of purchasing and managing rental apartment buildings in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
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Jorge Abbud, 33, Dover, New Jersey, a former employee of a Parsippany, New Jersey mortgage lender who admitted taking $138,402 in illegitimate proceeds of multiple home sales as a result of a mortgage fraud scheme, was sentenced to 21 months in prison.
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Lucilene Guido, 33, Kearny, N.J., a real estate agent and former loan officer, was sentenced to 12 months in prison for her role in various mortgage fraud scams that collectively sought to defraud lenders out of more than $5.5 million and involved 17 New Jersey properties.
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