Howard R. Shmuckler, 68, Virginia Beach, Virginia, was sentenced to 90 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for running a fraudulent mortgage rescue business that received substantial fees but actually modified clients’ mortgages in only a few cases.
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Todd R. Bettin, 42, Crofton, Maryland, has been sentenced to 51 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for conspiracy to commit wire fraud in connection with a five year scheme to divert or hold mortgage payoff funds from clients’ closings on 17 Maryland properties.
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Muhammad Safadi, Los Gatos, California, Scott Safadi, 31, Saratoga, California, and Raquel Ramirez, 45, Fremont, California, have been indicted for bank fraud, conspiracy to commit bank fraud and making false statements to financial institutions.
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Benjamin W. Richardson, 47, Powell, Ohio, and a former Ohio State Highway Patrol trooper, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to a total of 50 months in prison for participating in a mortgage fraud conspiracy, committing bankruptcy fraud, and tampering with a witness in a federal investigation.
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Joel Reck, 47, McKeesport, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty to one count before United States District Judge Nora Barry Fischer for his role in a mortgage fraud scheme.
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The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network released its First Quarter 2012 Update of mortgage loan fraud suspicious activity reports (MLF SARs) that shows California, Nevada, and Florida leading the nation in the number of MLF SAR subjects per capita.
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Alejandro aka “Alex” Curbelo, 32, Miami, Florida, a loan officer for a Florida mortgage company, was sentenced in Miami to 54 months in prison for his role in a mortgage fraud scheme.
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Hasina Safdari, Idriss Safdari, Josue Loayza, Thomas Gomez, and Nicolas Munoz have pleaded guilty in federal court in San Francisco to conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, and false statements in connection with numerous fraudulent loan applications submitted to lenders.
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Travis Richard Hymas, 28, Cedar Hills, Utah, formerly of Meridian, Idaho, was convicted by a jury in Boise, Idaho, on five counts of wire fraud related to mortgage fraud.
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James Boyd Douglas, Jr., 42, who previously practiced law in Lee County, Alabama, was sentenced to 45 months in prison for engaging in a multimillion-dollar mortgage fraud scheme.
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