Robert Mikail, 41, formerly of Ashburn, Virginia, pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit bank fraud in connection with his role in fraudulent mortgage loan transactions involving approximately 36 properties in northern Virginia and nearly $20 million in fraudulently obtained loans.
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Jeffrey Whaley, 49, Sevierville, Tennessee, was sentenced on July 1, 2013, by the Honorable Thomas W. Phillips, U.S. District Court Judge, to serve five years in prison for his May 2012 federal convictions for wire fraud, bank fraud, and money laundering, all arising from a mortgage fraud scheme.
Eduardo Hernandez, Jr., 32, Miami, Florida, Alexander Orriols, 43, Miami Beach, Florida, Jose Arias, 50, Miami, and Milena Hernandez, 30, Miami, have been charged with various counts of bank fraud, money laundering, and wire fraud.
A federal grand jury has indicted six defendants in a mortgage fraud conspiracy in which lenders provided over $3.5 million for fraudulently obtained loans.
Amy Nicole Schloemann, aka Amy Kinney, 36, Vallejo, California, was sentenced this week to 36 months in prison and ordered to pay $5,805,902 in restitution for her role in a real-estate related wire fraud conspiracy.
Jerry Kerley, 60, Kodak, Tennessee, was sentenced to serve four years in prison for his May 2012 federal convictions for wire fraud, bank fraud, and money laundering, all arising from a mortgage fraud scheme.
Peterson Cherimond, 36, Dorchester, Massachusetts, was sentenced for operating a mortgage fraud scheme to sell his own home and to buy other residential properties.
Gerard Canino, 51, Merrick, New York, the president and owner of First Class Equities (FCE), was sentenced in Manhattan, New York, federal court to 97 months in prison for his participation in a $66 million mortgage fraud scheme.
Bonnie M. Gardner, 55, Apollo, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of mail and wire fraud conspiracy.
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.