Archives For November 30, 1999

Che M. Brown, 44, Washington, D.C., pled guilty to a federal charge of bank fraud stemming from a scheme in which he submitted false documents to a mortgage lending service to win approval of a modification on a mortgage for his residence.

Continue Reading...

All defendants in a $20 million mortgage fraud scheme have been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Jorge A. Solis. A total of 10 defendants were convicted in the scheme whereby a former Dallas Cowboys linebacker used his name and fame, according to evidence in the case, to get business and further the mortgage fraud scheme.

Continue Reading...

Tu Ngoc Tran, 38, Portland, Oregon, was found guilty by a federal jury of conspiracy to manufacture or distribute marijuana, two counts of manufacture of marijuana, making a false statement on a loan application and wire fraud.

Continue Reading...

Eugene Lockhart Jr. was sentenced by federal district court judge Jorge A Solis to 54 months in federal prison for his role in a multimillion-dollar mortgage fraud scheme involving straw buyers and fraudulent mortgages.

Continue Reading...

Robert M. Brannon, Laurel, Mississppi, his son, Jason R. Brannon, Mobile, Alabama, both real estate investors, and their company J&R Properties LLC, Mobile, Alabama, and their company pleaded guilty for their roles in conspiracies to rig bids and commit mail fraud at public real estate foreclosure auctions.

Continue Reading...

Robert Charles Ramirez, 38, Salinas, California, and William Troy Goings, 37, Sacramento, California, have been sentenced in federal court for their roles in an $8.5 million mortgage fraud scheme that contributed to the failure of a Sugar Creek, Missouri, bank.

Continue Reading...

Anthony F. D’Agostino, 77, former owner, CEO and president of Commercial Mortgage and Finance Co., Rockford, Illinois, was indicted by a federal grand jury and charged in connection with a scheme to defraud investors in Commercial Mortgage.

Continue Reading...

Billy Cannon, Sr., Milwaukee, Wisconsin, a loan officer, and Margaret Keefe, a closing agent, allegedly devised and participated in a scheme to defraud banks and real estate lending institutions by submitting materially false and fraudulent loan applications.

Continue Reading...

Randez Long, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, has been indicted for his participation in an alleged mortgage fraud scheme, which included short sale fraud.

Continue Reading...

Robert E. Rosenau, 46, Redding, California, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge William B. Shubb to 15 months in prison for mail fraud in a fraudulent real estate investment scheme.

Continue Reading...