Jo’Mell Thomas, 29, Wallingford, Connecticut, waived his right to indictment and pleaded guilty March 7, 2011, before Chief United States District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud stemming from his participation in a mortgage fraud conspiracy.
According to court documents and statements made in court, this matter stems from an investigation into an extensive mortgage fraud
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Akinola George, 40, Washington, D.C., has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of bank fraud, mail fraud, and conspiracy to commit bank/mail fraud in a scheme that led to $2.4 million in losses.
The seven-count indictment, unsealed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, alleges that George
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Giuseppe Cracchiolo, 60, Romeo, Michigan, was sentenced for his role in a mortgage fraud scheme to six months’ imprisonment, followed by three years’ supervised release.
United States District Judge George Caram Steeh also ordered Cracchiolo to serve an additional six months’ home confinement and pay restitution of $1,654,500 to numerous financial institutions. In September
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Anson Joachin, 39, Parkland, Florida, was sentenced to 41 months’ imprisonment, to be followed by three years of supervised release for his role in a multi-million dollar mortgage fraud scheme. In addition, U.S. District Judge Ursula Ungaro ordered Joachin to pay $2,352,310 in restitution.
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Christopher B. Maselli, a former North Providence real estate attorney and former Rhode Island state senator, was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Providence to 27 months in federal prison. Maselli pleaded guilty in November 2010 to eight counts of bank fraud, admitting that he falsified bank and federal tax documents and lied about his income and assets in obtaining more than $1.7
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Brett A. Thielen, 42, Savage, Minnesota, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Patrick J. Schiltz in federal court in Minneapolis for executing a scheme to defraud mortgage lenders by arranging for the fraudulent purchase of condominiums located in the Sexton Building in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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Rito Miguel Diaz, Jr, has been sentenced by Judge Philip S. Gutierrez to the custody of the Bureau of Prisons for 24 months as charged in Count One of the Four-Count sealed Indictment. Diaz, Jr was also sentenced to supervised release for three years, a special assessment of $100, and ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $1,254,667. Continue Reading...
Dr. Robert J. Rosenstein, 56, Cleveland, Ohio, was indicted one one count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud, false statements to influence a bank to make a loan, mail fraud, and wire fraud.
Rosenstein is charged as being a straw buyer for a co-conspirator, not charged in the information, referred to as “J.C.” The information defines a straw buyer as an individual
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Prince Charles Eweka, 45, Canton, Massachusetts, was arrested after being charged with multiple counts of wire fraud in connection with a multi-year, multi-property mortgage fraud scheme was unsealed in U.S. District Court. The indictment alleges eight counts of wire fraud.
According to the indictment, in 2006 and 2007, Eweka committed fraud in connection with
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Zack Zafer Dyab 46, Golden Valley, Minnesota, pleaded guilty earlier today in federal court in Minneapolis to orchestrating a mortgage fraud scheme that resulted in the theft of more than $2.5 million from lenders nationally. Dyab pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and one count of money laundering in connection to the crime. The scheme centered on obtaining
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