Alfonso Carrillo, 50, and Rudy Breda, 53, Colorado, have been indicted for allegedly finding homeowners facing foreclosure and convincing them to relinquish their property for a nominal fee and misrepresenting it as a way to avoid foreclosure.
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Ty Howerton was sentenced by Judge Richard A. Schell on July 10, 2012, to 60 months in prison on Count 1 of a sealed criminal information for his role in misappropriating funds from an escrow account.
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Eric Williams, Aaron Teachout, Isaac Modert, Mario Giannandrea, Rick Artibee, Dennis Sare and Nichole Buda, all Michigan residents, have been indicted for conspiring to commit, and committing, bank fraud in connection with a mortgage fraud scheme that occurred in the Lansing, Michigan area between 2005 and 2007.
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DOCX, a mortgage-services company, and DOCX parent company Lender Processing Services, Inc. (LPS), settles criminal proceedings with the State of Missouri.
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Terrill “Terry” Meisinger, Seal Beach, California, agreed to a $5 million civil penalty in connection with allegations of a massive fraud targeting homeowners, renters and lenders.
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Dana C. Nuccio, 45, Hardy, Virginia, a straw buyer who lied on a tax form and was part of a larger mortgage fraud scheme, pleaded guilty in the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia in Lynchburg to a tax charge.
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Cathy Saffer, Pompano Beach, Florida, and Barrington Coombs, Weston, Florida, a certified public accountant, were convicted by the Department of Justice for their roles in a South Florida mortgage fraud scheme that took advantage of homeowners on the brink of foreclosure and left many without their homes.
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Gaetano Antonelli was charged in July 2012, with three cases of organized fraud (less than $20,000). Antonelli’s scheme involved contacting individuals who were behind on their mortgage payments and deceiving them into signing the deed to their property over to him via Power of Attorney (so he could rescue them from their mortgage).
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Fannie Mae (FNMA/OTC) opened an extension of its Los Angeles, California, Mortgage Help Center in the Inland Empire region to provide free education and counseling services to struggling California homeowners.
Kenneth Powell, 59, a former resident of Thousand Oaks, California, was sentenced by Ventura County Superior Court Judge Kevin McGee to serve 18 years in state prison for his role in a real estate investment fraud scheme.