10 defendants who worked at a Rancho Cucamonga, California-based business that allegedly offered bogus loan modification programs to financially distressed homeowners have been arrested by Federal agents. Those taken into custody were among 11 defendants named in a federal indictment.
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Harriet M. Taylor, 56, Ellicott City, Maryland, pleaded guiilty to wire fraud in connection with a scheme to use over $1.5 million in mortgage closing funds for her personal use or to operate her title companies.
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Gregory Lashon Thomas, 41, Desoto, Texas, was convicted by a federal jury following a week-long trial before Chief U.S. District Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater on various offenses related to a multimillion dollar mortgage fraud scheme he ran in the Dallas, Texas area.
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Robert Victor Rosenwasser, North Miami, Florida, has been suspended from the practice of law for 90 days due to his involvement in a loan modification business.
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Christopher J. Warren, 30, formerly of Folsom, California, and currently in federal custody, was sentenced by United States District Judge John A. Mendez to 14 years and seven months in prison, more than $19 million in restitution, and a three-year term of supervised release.
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Jennifer Hughes-Boyles, 40, Topeka, Kansas, a former vice president at Heritage Bank in Topeka has been sentenced to 30 months in federal prison for bank fraud. The judge also ordered her to pay $712,144 in restitution.
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Mohamed Fouzi Haffar, 33, San Diego, California, California state bar number 235731, was disbarred June 21, 2012, and was ordered to make restitution for his misconduct in nine loan modification cases.
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Piotr Gabriel Reysner, 37, Sacramento, California, was disbarred June 16, 2012, for advising a client that she could sue the credit union that held the mortgage on her ranch and that doing so would lead to a loan modification, among other things.
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Raysean K. Richardson, 27, New York, New York, was convicted by a jury and Keasha Rogers, 36, Atlanta, Georgia, plead guilty for their involvement in several multi-jurisdictional mortgage fraud schemes.
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Keith B. Kovick, 61, Williston, North Dakota, appeared for sentencing in Missoula, Montana, on September 6, 2012, before U.S. District Judge Donald W. Molloy. Kovick was sentenced to a term of 30 months in prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release, a special assessment of $2,000 and restitution in the amount of $1,169,092.
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