Dustin LaFavre, 28, Webster, Minnesota, was sentenced for bilking more than $7 million from at least 15 real estate mortgage lending companies between 2005 and 2008.
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John F. Hochrek, Jr., 50, Spring Grove, Illinois, was sentenced by United States District Judge Lynn S. Adelman to 6 months in prison for his role in a mortgage fraud scheme involving at least 44 residential properties and millions of dollars of loss.
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Morris Olmer, 83, New Haven, Connecticut, was sentenced by Chief United States District Judge Alvin W. Thompson to 60 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for his involvement in an extensive mortgage fraud conspiracy that defrauded lenders of more than $4.4 million.
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James Merrill Roberts was sentenced to 37 months in prison to be followed by 60 months of supervised release in conjunction with Mail Fraud and Money Laundering charges related to a mortgage fraud scheme. In addition, Roberts was ordered to pay $609,991 in restitution.
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Kevin Powers, 51, Albuquerque, New Mexico, a real estate agent, was sentenced in United States District Court to a 56-month term of imprisonment for his conviction on 17 counts of wire fraud in connection with an unlawful scheme to defraud mortgage lenders and to obtain over $5.5 million in loan proceeds through false pretenses, misrepresentations, and omissions.
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Joseph Ulysses Grant, IV, 31, Jacksonville, Florida, a senior loan officer, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Harvey Schlesinger to 30 months in federal prison for committing wire fraud. On May 12, 2011, Grant was found guilty by a jury of two counts of wire fraud.
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Barbara Lynnae Puro, 48, Savage, Minnesota, a real estate agent, has been indicted for her participation in a multi-million dollar mortgage fraud scheme that victimized lenders across the country.
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Richard A. Maize, 53, Beverly Hills, California, a West Los Angeles mortgage banker, has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for his role in a massive mortgage fraud scam that caused more than $18.5 million in losses to banks, including his former employer.
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Freedom Companies Lending, Inc., Minnesota, is the subject of a cease and desist order for allegedly engaging in mortgage modification activities in Idaho without a license and targeting Spanish-speaking Idaho homeowners by unlawfully charging them large upfront fees.
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Matthew Paul Kay, 36, a British citizen who formerly lived in West Los Angeles and the Park La Brea district of Los Angeles, California, a former real estate agent and mortgage broker charged with running a multi-million dollar mortgage fraud scheme was ordered held without bond after arriving in the United States to face federal fraud, identity theft and tax charges.
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