Archives For November 30, 1999

Scott Eric Perry, 35, Brookwood, Alabama, was sentenced to 18 months in prison on false statement charges related to an almost $750,000 mortgage fraud scheme in the Birmingham, Alabama area.

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Gaetano Antonell, 62, Brooksville, Florida, has been arrested and charged with organized fraud for his role in a foreclosure rescue scam.  The defendant persuaded homeowners to deed their properties to him then he would list the properties on Craigslist for sale.

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Jason Dade, 37, Chicago, Illinois, a licensed real estate agent and the owner of Round Table  Enterprises, Inc., Cheryl Ware, 47, Shorewood, Illinois, a licensed loan originator, Tiffini Chism, 36, Glenwood, Illinois, also a licensed loan originator, and Tamika Peters, 34, Country Club Hills, Illinois were indicted for allegedly participating in a scheme to fraudulently obtain at least 42 residential mortgage loans totaling approximately $9.1 million from various lenders.

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Paul R. Tomko, 39, Cleveland, Ohio, a former paid cooperator for a federal law enforcement agency, is the subject of an eight-count indictment for mortgage and student aid fraud.

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Paulo Montenegro, 45, and his wife, Rosana Pereira, 48, Weston, Massachusetts, have been sentenced in connection with fraudulently obtaining tens of thousands of dollars in Section 8 public housing subsidies and defrauding mortgage lenders.

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Joann Smith, 47, and her boyfriend, Wayne Betha, 42, Ewing, New Jersey, who ran a real estate firm, pleaded guilty to stealing from home sellers by diverting proceeds from home sales, and also defrauding mortgage companies by falsifying the earnings of loan applicants.

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Adebowale Sheba, 41, Franklin Township, New Jersey, has pled guilty to mortgage fraud in connection with his use of an alias and false information to obtain a loan.

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David C. Christian, 62, Catonsville, Maryland, real estate appraiser,  pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud.

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Wayne L. Palmer and his firm, National Note of Utah, LC, West Jordan, Utah, have been issued a temporary restraining order and have had their asset frozen by The Securities and Exchange Commission for allegedly operating a real estate-based Ponzi scheme that bilked $100 million from investors nationwide.

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Thomas Komasa, 47, and his wife Heidi Komasa, 39, Saugerties, New York, were convicted on charges stemming from an alleged mortgage fraud scheme.

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