Archives For October 2011

Gary Pierce, 44, Edgewater, Maryland, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud in connection with a five year scheme to divert or hold mortgage payoff funds from clients’ closings on 17 Maryland properties.

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Sean DeCelle, 44, Wyantskill, New York, a foreclosure service provider, was sentenced by United States Magistrate Judge David R. Homer for stealing items from a foreclosed home.

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Charles Sammon, 35, West Pittston, Pennsylvania, formerly a practicing attorney in Boston, Massachusetts, was charged with 13 counts of wire fraud, one count of mail fraud and one count of money laundering, all in connection with a mortgage fraud scheme which took place in 2006 and 2007.

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Mortgage Crimes Ledger

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Mortgage Daily Defendants in a range of mortgage-related criminal cases are being indicted, tried and sentenced at a breakneck pace. Alleged crimes include embezzlement, secondary fraud and mortgage fraud…

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The charge was brought forth with the help of the Maryland Mortgage Fraud Task Force, which was established to unify the agencies that regulate and investigate mortgage fraud and promote the early detection…

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Federal law enforcement officials are conducting a wide-ranging mortgage fraud investigation targeting dozens of members of the local Russian American community. Since May, federal grand juries have charged…

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Alex Soria, Sonia Rodis, and Hans Johns have all been charged with two counts of Mortgage Fraud and two counts of Theft in an amount in excess of $2500 for their part in the operation of BioGreen Teck, LLC…

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By Chris Reidy Globe Staff A New Hampshire man has been convicted of leading a scheme that defrauded more than a dozen lenders and several homebuyers of more than $2 million in connection with mortgages loaned…

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“This judgment reflects the Commonwealth’s ongoing commitment to holding attorneys who facilitate mortgage fraud accountable for their conduct,” said Attorney General Martha Coakley …

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All but one of the condo loans wound up in foreclosure and most of the buyers never made a payment on the mortgages, real estate and court documents show. Shelly is charged with one count of mail fraud, however…

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