Hoda Samuel, 60, Elk Grove, California, was found guilty of a conspiracy to commit mortgage fraud and of 30 individual counts of mail fraud after a 10 day jury trial.
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Joshua S. Goldberg was indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of conspiracy to commit and committing wire fraud in connection with a mortgage fraud scheme in which fraudulent loans were obtained on at least five properties.
Raquel DeJesus Martinez, Miami-Dade County, Arizona, who previously worked as a title agent, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Donald M. Middlebrooks to 24 months in prison, to be followed by 3 years of supervised release, in connection with a scheme to commit mortgage fraud at The Jade apartment complex on Brickell Bay Drive in Miami.
Deborah L. Kistner, 50, and her husband, Mark A. Kistner, 52, both of Hilliard, Ohio, pleaded guilty three days after their trial started on a $7 million mortgage fraud scheme they carried out between June 2006 and July 2010.
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Alan Ritter, 70, Monsey, New York, a self-employed accountant, was sentenced in Manhattan federal court to three years in prison in connection with his operation of an 11 year, $6 million Ponzi scheme whereby he defrauded investors by falsely telling them that he intended to use the money to invest in real estate ventures.
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Harriet M. Taylor, 57, Ellicott City, Maryland, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge William D. Quarles, Jr. to two years in prison followed by five years of supervised release for wire fraud in connection with a scheme to use over $1.5 million in mortgage closing funds for her personal use and to operate her title companies.
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Jeanette R. Salsi, Alice Lorraine Barneyand and Sonja Lightfoot, each of whom played important roles in a mortgage fraud scheme that crippled now defunct Pierce Commercial Bank were sentenced in U.S. District Court. All three of the women worked for years with scheme leader Shawn Portmann, whose fraudulent loans resulted in losses of more than $10 million.
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Schelton Assoumou, 36, Brooklyn, New York, a real estate developer, was arrested on charges of bank fraud and wire fraud for his participation in a multi-year mortgage fraud scheme.
Xochitl Cervantes, 35, Las Vegas, Nevada, has been criminally charged for her involvement in a mortgage lending fraud case involving several victims operating under the name of CSR Services.
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Aneal Maharaj, 65, a former resident of Las Vegas, Nevada, who defrauded 17 individuals of almost $1.5 million in an investment fraud and marketing scheme involving early mortgage payoffs, was sentenced to just over eight years in prison for his guilty pleas to fraud and tax evasion charges.
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