Edward M. Bangasser, 66, Boca Raton, Florida, was sentenced by United States District Judge Virginia Hernandez Covington to 15 months in federal prison for conspiring to commit wire fraud and for making false statements to federally insured banks for the purpose of influencing those banks in connection with mortgage loans.
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Maher Muhawieh, 32, San Francisco, California, was sentenced to six and one-half years in prison after he admitted running an investment fraud scheme in which he defrauded family members, friends, and many other victims out of millions of dollars.
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Winnie Joanne Barefoot, a/k/a Winnie Jo Budzina, a/k/a Winnie JoAnne Conn, a/k/a Joanne Knopsnyder, a/k/a Olivia JoAnne Morgan, a/k/a Olivia JoAnne Barefoot Morgan, 59, Annapolis, Maryland, was sentenced to five years in prison for bank fraud arising from her use of numerous identities to fraudulently obtain real estate and commercial loans.
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Eight people have been indicted for their alleged roles in a multimillion dollar mortgage fraud scam.
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Kenneth Manuel Martin, 63, formerly of Modesto, California, was arrested in Houston, Texas, on a nine-count superseding indictment charging him with wire fraud in connection with a Guatemalan real estate investment scheme and theft of Social Security benefits.
Atiqullah Nabizada, 29, Coto de Caza, California, Kenneth Moore, 49, Tustin, California, and Ahmed Tariq Asghari, 32, Sherman Oaks, California, have been arrested and charged with allegedly defrauding homeowners, financial institutions, and real estate investors in schemes that targeted the distressed homeowner market and allegedly caused more than $10 million in losses.
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Brett Depue, 38, Gilbert, Arizona, was sentenced to 262 months in prison for defrauding financial institutions of over $24 million in a Las Vegas, Nevada, mortgage fraud scheme that involved over 100 properties in Las Vegas and Henderson.
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Charles Craig Brown, Chad Gettel, and C.C. Brown Law, LLC are the subjects of search warrants executed at three locations for allegedly engaging in unlicensed mortgage modification activities in Minnesota.
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Sandra Artichoker, 51, has been indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly falsifying her spouse’s employment status on a bank loan application and thereafter receiving funds.
Hamlet Sardariani, 42, Sylmar, California, has pleaded guilty to federal conspiracy and tax evasion charges, admitting that he plotted with others to fraudulently obtain four loans for more than $5 million by pledging houses that they did not own as collateral, falsely claiming that the houses had enough equity to secure the loans, forging documents, and falsifying notary stamps.
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