Sandy P. Kim, 43, Ellicott City, Maryland, pleaded guilty to wire fraud in connection with her role as a title agent. Kim addmitted the she stole closing funds for her personal use.
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Eleven individuals from five states are charged in New Jersey for their alleged roles in a $15 million mortgage fraud scam that used phony documents and straw buyers to make illegal profits on overbuilt condos, including a defendant who attempted to murder a witness to the scheme.
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Carlos D. Cuevas-DÃaz, Miguel Ãngel Echegaray-González, and Lee A. Arcia-Centeno, San Juan, Puerto Rico, have been indicted for conspiring and knowingly making false statements or cause false statements to be made to mortgage lending institutions Equity Mortgage, Latin American, and Express Solution for the purpose of influencing the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) to insure the mortgage loans.
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Californians have been receiving mailings from private companies outside the state offering to obtain a copy of grant deeds or property title records for a high fee.
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Arthur Strasnick, 64, New Smyrna Beach, Florida, was sentenced on two counts of mail fraud and one count of identity theft.
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Simon Saeid Koli and Kian Ashkanizade have pled guilty in connection with a mortgage fraud scheme involving four expensive homes on Triton Street, Carlsbad, California.
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Mitchell Cohen, 54, Old Westbury, New York and Erin Davis, 43, Yonkers, New York, the owner and a sales manager, respectively, of Buy-A-Home, a real estate brokerage business, have been indicted for participating in a $7.5 million mortgage fraud scheme.
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Nine people have been charged in a 26-count indictment: Eliseo Jara Jr.; Sergio Jara; Antonio Perez Marcial; Lucia Yolanda Chavez; Arlene Jeanette Jara; Candace Shantel Gonzales; Joseph Shawn Chavez Jr.; Melissa Rochelle Jara; and Ricardo Fabian Salinas for their roles in a mortgage fraud conspiracy.
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Michael Raphan, 61, Oceanside, New York, was found guilty of conspiring to commit bank fraud and wire fraud in connection with a $66 million mortgage fraud scheme after a two-week jury trial.
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Celia Thomas, 49, Dorchester, Massachusetts, was sentenced in federal court for mortgage fraud and theft of public funds.
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