Michael Abobor, 38, Bowie, Maryland, pleaded guilty on what would have been the first day of his trial to wire fraud in connection with a mortgage fraud scheme involving intended losses of at least $2 million.
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Andrew Constantinou, 56, Unionville, Connecticut; Genevieve Salvatore, 41, Milford, Connecticut; and Lawrence Dressler, 46, New Haven, Connecticut, were indicted on federal charges related to their alleged participation in an extensive mortgage fraud scheme involving more than 50 mortgages.
Continue Reading...William A. Trudeau, Jr., 50, Norwalk, Connecticut, was sentenced by United States District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to 188 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for operating a mortgage fraud scheme in Fairfield County, Connecticut.
Randall Causey, 48, Gary, Indiana, was sentenced by Senior District Judge Rudy Lozano to 108 months imprisonment and 3 years of supervised release after being found guilty at trial of the felony offenses of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and wire fraud.
Continue Reading...Russell N. Daniel, 63, Louisville, Kentucky, a purported real estate entrepreneur, was sentenced to 37 months in federal prison and was ordered to pay $2,797,000 in restitution for a single count of mail fraud connected to real estate schemes that resulted in the loss of more than $1 million to investors.
Tara Denise Bonelli, 33, Santa Cruz, California, pleaded guilty to promoting false and fraudulent real estate investments by knowingly making false promises about how investor funds were to be invested and repaid.
Continue Reading...Taya Romano (a/k/a “Taya Waldon”), 36, Oklahoma, formerly of Ridgewood, New Jersey, was sentenced to 48 months in prison for a scheme to defraud two New Jersey families relating to the purchase, financing, and improvement of real estate in Oklahoma.
David Ovist, 45, Lake Oswego, Oregon, was convicted February 8, 2013, of bank and wire fraud following a 10-day jury trial.
Continue Reading...Lorraine Brown, 51, Alpharetta, Georgia, former president of mortgage document processor DocX, pleaded guilty to racketeering for her alleged role in authorizing the fraudulent signing of mortgage documents filed in Michigan.
Continue Reading...Kevin M. O’Connell, 35, and Kevin D. O’Connell, 62, both of Albany, New York, were each sentenced in United States District Court, Syracuse, to 24 months incarceration by Senior District Court Judge Norman A. Mordue resulting from a long-term mortgage fraud investigation.





