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...
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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.
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Angela R. Clark, 41, Lee’s Summit, Missouri, a former real estate agent pleaded guilty in federal court to her role in a $12.6 million mortgage fraud conspiracy that involved 25 upscale residential properties in Lee’s Summit, Missouri, and Raymore, Missouri.
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Peter Hartofilis, 33, Flushing, New York, pled guilty to conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud (Count 1), and mail fraud (Count 11), in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1349 and 1341, respectively. Sentencing has been scheduled for August 16, 2010, at 10:30 am.
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Brad Greenberg, 53, Charlotte, South Carolina, was sentenced to 4 months home confinement and ordered to pay a $5,000 fine for Misprision of a Felony, a violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 4.
As previously reported on Mortgage Fraud Blog, evidence presented at the change of plea hearing established
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Christie J. McGougan, 41, Bethune, South Carolina, was sentenced to one year and one day incarceration for participating in a Conspiracy to Falsify Loan Applications, a violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 371. McGougan was also ordered to pay a $5,000 fine.
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Hector Ricardo Esquivel, San Jose, California, a former real estate agent, was sentenced to one year in jail for six felony counts of grand theft for defrauding homeowners in a loan modification scam.
Esquivel solicited victims from Santa Clara County, California and beyond between May 2008 and May 2009. Victims lost
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Anthony G. Symmes, 59, Paradise, California, has agreed to plead guilty to an information, charging him with one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud in connection with a builder bailout scheme involving fraudulent sales of 62 houses, and with one count of money laundering. Symmes, who is an attorney, a CPA, a developer, and the largest home builder in the Chico,
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Kathy Chen, 49, Westminster, California, a real estate broker, was convicted of conspiring with her boyfriend and his brother to commit $17.5 million in real estate fraud by purchasing 35 properties using stolen identities and intentionally defaulting on loans in order to steal the loan money. Chen was found guilty by a jury of 136 felony counts including one count of
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Stafford A. Hilaire, 59, Aurora, Colorado, was sentenced to serve 32 months in federal prison for conspiracy to defraud the United States and conspiracy to commit money laundering. Following the prison term, Hilaire was ordered to spend 2 years on supervised release. Hilaire was also ordered to pay restitution totaling
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